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How much is a human life worth?

Apr 23, 2020
Civil courts, for-profit companies and regulators regularly put price tags on human lives. But how?
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How to value a life, statistically speaking

Mar 20, 2019
The VSL lets you compare the cost of a regulation to the benefit in probable lives saved.
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