Publication Information : Book Title : Private Choices, Social Costs, and Public Policy : An Economic Analysis of Public Health Issues. Contributors : Nancy Hammerle – author. Publisher : Praeger Publishers. Place of Publication : Westport, CT. Publication Year : 1992.
INTRODUCTION
These episodes sent our collective consciousness reeling and will remain part of our national memory for years to come. But while they are exceptional, these cases are far from unique. In the year Lisa Steinberg died almost 150 children were fatally abused in New York City alone ; possibly as many as five thousand were killed nationwide. The Alaskan oil spill was but one of the hundreds of industrial accidents caused each year by substance-abusing employees. Impaired employees cost American business billions of dollars every year