The L.A. Times had a nice preview on this today, but the Center for Progressive Reform has just come out with a comprehensive report casting doubt on the regulatory record of Cass Sunstein, the president’s pick to head the office in charge of government regulatory efforts.According to the CPR, Sunstein, a longtime friend of Obama’s, has supported the use of “cost-benefit analysis” in evaluating proposed regulations — a method that assigns monetary values to various risks in an attempt to determine the worthiness of a new rule.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=146680