Cost-Benefit Analysis of Airline Security
Posted by Jim Harper
Well, this isn’t hot off the presses, but it’s a fascinating paper that I just had the chance to read.
Mark Stewart, a civil engineer at the University of Newcastle and John Mueller, a political science professor at Ohio State University, have done an analysis of the dollars spent per life saved by a [...]
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The TWIC Card – Killing Summer Jobs for Kids?
Posted by Jim Harper
“TWIC” stands for Transportation Worker Identification Credential. The TWIC card is a federal program that’s been floating around for a few years now.
Post-9/11, someone decided that if we knew who all the transportation workers were, our transportation would be more secure. That’s true in a small way, but it wouldn’t stop [...]
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