"With Ronald Reagan's presidency of the United States in 1981, costing became a big gun rolled out by diehard deregulators. At the very start of his term, President Reagan set up a Task Force on Regulatory Relief, whose output had a great influence on the international debates. Government and industry calculations are often more like a game of Poker Bluff. A figure is put out, taken up by the press and trotted out in political debates as if it were provable fact. A critical look at the assessed cost of occupational health legislation makes for informative reading. ..."

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