The Price of Political Change: A Cost-Benefit Framework for Policy Incentivization

Key Points

• This study aims to determine the maximum financial cost required to achieve significant policy changes through democratic processes.
• Analyzed financial costs of policy changes in the US and globally.
• Examined ROI for major reforms such as military-to-health reallocation.
• Identified maximum costs of $25B in the US and $200B globally for achieving policy changes.
• Noted a potential ROI of over 400,000:1 for high-value reforms.