http://www.budgetglobetrotting.com/2006/the-new-airport-banned-item-list/ International Budget travel and backpacking Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:39:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.budgetglobetrotting.com/2006/the-new-airport-banned-item-list/#comment-16646 The Potential Cost of Terror - UtilityMinimization - PubPolicy.com: Thoughts on Policy and Economics Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:56:45 +0000 http://www.budgetglobetrotting.com/2006/08/10/the-new-airport-banned-item-list/#comment-16646 [...] Often in the world of public policy we are asked to value things that do not have intrinsic monetary value: what is the value of seeing a sunset, what is the value of a safer car, or what is the value of knowing that the capital of Nevada is not Las Vegas. With today’s announcement of the arrest of 21 24 alleged attempted airline bombing conspirators, harsh new security restrictions have been placed on carry-on baggage for flights between the US and the UK. These restrictions limit you to a wallet, keys, passport, tickets, glasses (but no case) and a small number of non-liquid medical items. This specifically means you cannot board the plane with a laptop, DVD player, iPod, or even a book. You can find a full list of banned items here. [...] [...] Often in the world of public policy we are asked to value things that do not have intrinsic monetary value: what is the value of seeing a sunset, what is the value of a safer car, or what is the value of knowing that the capital of Nevada is not Las Vegas. With today’s announcement of the arrest of 21 24 alleged attempted airline bombing conspirators, harsh new security restrictions have been placed on carry-on baggage for flights between the US and the UK. These restrictions limit you to a wallet, keys, passport, tickets, glasses (but no case) and a small number of non-liquid medical items. This specifically means you cannot board the plane with a laptop, DVD player, iPod, or even a book. You can find a full list of banned items here. [...]

]]> http://www.budgetglobetrotting.com/2006/the-new-airport-banned-item-list/#comment-62 The Potential Cost of Terror - UtilityMinimization - PubPolicy.com: Thoughts on Public Policy and Economics Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:11:53 +0000 http://www.budgetglobetrotting.com/2006/08/10/the-new-airport-banned-item-list/#comment-62 [...] Often in the world of public policy we are asked to value things that do not have intrinsic monetary value: what is the value of seeing a sunset, what is the value of a safer car, or what is the value of knowing that the capital of Nevada is not Las Vegas. With today’s announcement of the arrest of 21 24 alleged attempted airline bombing conspirators, harsh new security restrictions have been placed on carry-on baggage for flights between the US and the UK. These restrictions limit you to a wallet, keys, passport, tickets, glasses (but no case) and a small number of non-liquid medical items. This specifically means you cannot board the plane with a laptop, DVD player, iPod, or even a book. You can find a full list of banned items here. The result is that for the six hour flight from JFK to Heathrow, you cannot read, listen to music, watch your own movies, or work. By getting caught, the terrorist fanatics have imposed a potentially very large cost on society without ever setting off one bomb. Without a doubt, the costs would have been larger had they succeeded, but even in failure, they have succeeded to some degree. [...] [...] Often in the world of public policy we are asked to value things that do not have intrinsic monetary value: what is the value of seeing a sunset, what is the value of a safer car, or what is the value of knowing that the capital of Nevada is not Las Vegas. With today’s announcement of the arrest of 21 24 alleged attempted airline bombing conspirators, harsh new security restrictions have been placed on carry-on baggage for flights between the US and the UK. These restrictions limit you to a wallet, keys, passport, tickets, glasses (but no case) and a small number of non-liquid medical items. This specifically means you cannot board the plane with a laptop, DVD player, iPod, or even a book. You can find a full list of banned items here. The result is that for the six hour flight from JFK to Heathrow, you cannot read, listen to music, watch your own movies, or work. By getting caught, the terrorist fanatics have imposed a potentially very large cost on society without ever setting off one bomb. Without a doubt, the costs would have been larger had they succeeded, but even in failure, they have succeeded to some degree. [...]

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