Over the long term the benefits look worthwhile.
Meanwhile, the recent high prices for pollination contracts made it look worthwhile fattening bees up with supplements over the winter.
Compared with investments that deliver clear benefits in the near future such as education in developing countries, for instance, which commonly produces returns of around 10% a year they do not look worthwhile.
And mainstream news outlets, which Mr. Siegel is otherwise delighted to assail (his love-hate relationship with The New York Times is particularly intense), suddenly look worthwhile to him by virtue of their real, earned authority.
"Is there actually a threat being resolved, or is the FBI manufacturing these terrorism cases to make its counterterrorism efforts look worthwhile?" he asked.
It all looks very worthwhile to me and I am not surprised that the UK signed it the following year.
He may not be good enough to take up his engagement in the Ballymore Properties Hurdle at Cheltenham, but he looks a worthwhile addition to Nicky Henderson's strong team of novices.
