Pre-Owned Who Gets What: Fair Compensation After Tragedy and Financial Upheaval (Hardcover) 1586489771 9781586489779

Agent Orange, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the Virginia Tech massacre, the 2008 financial crisis, and the Deep Horizon gulf oil spill: each was a disaster in its own right. What they had in common was their aftermath- each required compensation for lives lost, bodies maimed, livelihoods wrecked, economies and ecosystems upended. In each instance, an objective third party had to step up and dole out allocated funds: in each instance, Presidents, Attorneys General, and other public officials have asked Kenneth R. Feinberg to get the job done. In Who Gets What? , Feinberg reveals the deep thought that must go into each decision, not to mention the most important question that arises after a tragedy: why compensate at all? The result is a remarkably accessible discussion of the practical and philosophical problems of using money as a way to address wrongs and reflect individual worth. Contributor: Kenneth R. Feinberg

Who Gets What: Fair Compensation after Tragedy and Financial Upheaval ISBN-10 1586489771, ISBN-13 9781586489779 Author: Feinberg; Kenneth R. 240 pages PublicAffairs Binding: Hardcover