Cost Benefit Analysis: Evaluating Economic Decisions for Society

The video tutorial explains cost benefit analysis, a technique to evaluate social benefits and costs of economic decisions. It covers the importance of considering both private and external costs and benefits, using an example of building a new airport. Challenges in estimating externalities and the concept of discounting future values to present value are discussed. The tutorial concludes with an evaluation of the method's effectiveness and limitations.

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