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Even if you and I might disagree on trading number/length of lives for some measure of quality, I hope you see that my analysis can help you identify policies that might push the future in your favored direction. I'm first and foremost trying to predict the outcomes of a low regulation scenario. That is the standard basis for analyzing the consequences of possible regulations.
Certainly. I don't dispute the utility of the research (though I do sometimes feel that it is presented in ways that make the default outcome seem more attractive).