So, these are some of the controversies that arise these days from cost-benefit analysis, especially those that involve placing a dollar value on everything to be added up.

以上即为近来对成本效益分析,引发的一些争论，尤其是其中那些,认为可以用金钱衡量一切的观点。

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But that value cannot exceed the added cost else you would have bought them on your own in the first place.

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For most, the value added is a mere fraction of the cost.

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The new policy is designed to boost income for the government (though the value isn't known yet) and create better jobs, especially high-tech manufacturing jobs that produce value-added tax revenue--not low-cost textiles.

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