books.google.com - Gradually, in fits and starts, American Government is becoming a cost-benefit state: government regulation is increasingly assessed by asking whether the benefits of regulation justify the costs of regulation. The rise of the cost-benefit state is creating a number of intriguing and novel challenges...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Cost_benefit_State.html?id=9MypTgnJOzcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Cost-benefit State