Being able to determine whether a plan makes financial sense is vital for every business leader and entrepreneur. A cost-benefit analysis helps you understand if a new project or campaign makes ...

Strategic planning for every business leaders requires weighing the pros and cons of any new implementation. One of the metrics measures is the benefit cost ratio (BCR), also known as the cost benefit ...

The social cost of carbon (SCC) quantifies the economic damage associated with emitting a ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Regulatory impact analyses from U.S. federal agencies utilize the ...

In 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which identify 169 targets for the world to hit by 2030. Lomborg’s think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus Center, ...

Before jumping into a project, be sure to analyze all factors to ensure funding is distributed wisely. No matter how large an organization is, funds are seldom endless. As a result, it only makes ...

What is the true value of a policy project? For governments tasked with improving citizens’ lives while spending taxpayers’ money responsibly, this is no mere academic question. It lies at the heart ...

Under both the Donald Trump and Joe Biden administrations, the U.S. government has had a seemingly unquenchable thirst for national security regulations limiting investment, trade, and information ...

Our country’s premier advocate for cost-benefit analysis has written about the coronavirus. He is Cass Sunstein, the Harvard law professor and former Obama White House regulatory guru. Of course you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Fred L. Smith Jr. Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal ...