Cost benefit analysis would likely trace back to root causes in the same way it's cheaper to fix a bug before it gets shipped. There's a great TED talk from a

Cost benefit analysis would likely trace back to root causes in the same way it's cheaper to fix a bug before it gets shipped. There's a great TED talk from a lawyer who was looking to reduce death penalty executions, who realised the best way to do that would be to reduce the number of murders and the best way to do that was to support kids and families with problems due to poverty and poor mental health. The childhood anecdote from the guy he was working with that got executed has stayed with me for over a decade now: https://youtu.be/HYzrdn7YLCM?si=ehMUoSFbLvQt_h3F https://youtu.be/HYzrdn7YLCM?si=ehMUoSFbLvQt_h3F