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The Spreadsheet of Life and Death

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Don't Pay for a New Treatment for Kidney Cancer

National health service, the n h s, refused to pay for it to stone. He set up a campaign called justice for kidney cancer patients. That humble sounding cause soon kicked up a storm. It offers a lesson about how we make life or death decisions world over.

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