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The Spreadsheet of Life and Death

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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What Is a Life Worth?

David cameron became leader of the u k's opposition party, the conservatives. He promised to set up a special new fund to pay for cancer drugs. Clivestone's kidney cancer had become political. How much money is society willing to spend to keep someone alive? What is a life worth? It's an comfortable question to ask - but it should be asked with care.

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