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tiompan wrote:
Jon ,
Stern is an economist ,it's the wrong brief , a bit like geomorphologists playing at being archaeologists , but much worse .
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The arguments developed by Stern just use the various ethical positions on value that have been developed, especially on inter-generational equality, over the past two centuries George. Stern (who is an economist) helped to quantify risk (to monetary equivalents of value) with respect to Climate Change.

There are ways that this could be done with archaeology. However, if you believe that there are better methods of assessing value (that would be accepted by a major project inquiry), then your contribution would definitely be welcomed by a consultation.

Jon ,
the problem is that economists are no more capable than any of us including archaeologists of quantifying the value of that which is most important to us . Climate change , the impact of war , famine or asteroid strike can be quantified and given a value . But you can't quantify the "values " that are most important to punters . It's all a bit reminiscent of the those who argue about the cost /benefit analysis of erecting monuments .