Life Is Priceless
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Ultimate Price
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Author : Howard Steven Friedman
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2021-05-05
Ultimate Price written by Howard Steven Friedman and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-05 with Business & Economics categories.
How much is a human life worth? Individuals, families, companies, and governments routinely place a price on human life. The calculations that underlie these price tags are often buried in technical language, yet they influence our economy, laws, behaviors, policies, health, and safety. These price tags are often unfair, infused as they are with gender, racial, national, and cultural biases that often result in valuing the lives of the young more than the old, the rich more than the poor, whites more than blacks, Americans more than foreigners, and relatives more than strangers. This is critical since undervalued lives are left less-protected and more exposed to risk. Howard Steven Friedman explains in simple terms how economists and data scientists at corporations, regulatory agencies, and insurance companies develop and use these price tags and points a spotlight at their logical flaws and limitations. He then forcefully argues against the rampant unfairness in the system. Readers will be enlightened, shocked, and, ultimately, empowered to confront the price tags we assign to human lives and understand why such calculations matter.
Priceless
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Author : Joel Smallbone
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-08-06
Priceless written by Joel Smallbone and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-06 with Fiction categories.
The powerfully compelling novelization of the major motion picture by Joel and Luke Smallbone of the band for King & Country. James Stevens was, at one time, a good man with a great life. After the tragic death of his wife and losing custody of his little girl, James is at the darkest crossroad of his life. Angry, desperate, and unable to hold down a steady job, he agrees to drive a box truck on a shady, one-time trip cross country for cash-no questions asked. When he discovers what he is delivering is actually a who, the questions in his mind begin haunting him mercilessly. James becomes an unlikely hero who must fight to save the lives of two young women and finds himself falling in love with one of them. Can love, strength, and faith redefine his past and change the course of his future?
The Drops Of Life
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Author : Nikhil Raj
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-04-01
The Drops Of Life written by Nikhil Raj and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Poetry categories.
The Drops Of Life is not only a book. It is that feeling which is common in every human's life. It is that experience which no one can ever forget in his life. It is really what we call the mirror of our life.
Priceless
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Author : Frank Ackerman
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-10
Priceless written by Frank Ackerman and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10 with Business & Economics categories.
As clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, health, or the environment in cold dollars and cents, cost-benefit analysis requires it. More disturbingly, this approach is being embraced by a growing number of politicians and conservative pundits as the most reasonable way to make many policy decisions regarding public health and the environment. By systematically refuting the economic algorithms and illogical assumptions that cost-benefit analysts flaunt as fact, Priceless tells a ''gripping story about how solid science has been shoved to the backburner by bean counters with ideological blinders'' (In These Times). Ackerman and Heinzerling argue that decisions about health and safety should be made ''to reflect not economists' numbers, but democratic values, chosen on moral grounds. This is a vividly written book, punctuated by striking analogies, a good deal of outrage, and a nice dose of humor'' (Cass Sunstein, The New Republic). Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of human health and environmental protection, Priceless ''shines a bright light on obstacles that stand in the way of good government decisions''.
Pricing The Priceless Child
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Author : Viviana A. Zelizer
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1994-08-28
Pricing The Priceless Child written by Viviana A. Zelizer and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-08-28 with Family & Relationships categories.
This study traces the emergence of changing attitudes about the child, at once economically "useless" and emotionally "priceless", from the late 1800s to the 1930s. It describes how turn-of-the-century America discovered new, sentimental ways to determine a child's monetary worth.
Speak Life I Am Priceless
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Author : Kimberly Ann Muhtar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Speak Life I Am Priceless written by Kimberly Ann Muhtar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
The Priceless Life Eternal And How To Possess It
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Author : F. C. Perry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
The Priceless Life Eternal And How To Possess It written by F. C. Perry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Christian ethics categories.
The Priceless Life
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Author : Sue Davis Potts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-13
The Priceless Life written by Sue Davis Potts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-13 with categories.
Diane Price, an ordinary woman, shares her unlikely journey into a missional lifestyle. She tells her story so that you will know that if God had a plan for her life that he has a plan for you too.In her words, "The journey from the dirt roads of Tennessee to the dirt roads of Africa was one that only God could have planned. As we stepped off the bus, the wide-eyed children looked at us as if we were aliens. Even though my skin was the same color as theirs, the truth was I had come from another world. Not only had I come from America, but from a background where it was not common for a little black girl from the south to go on a mission trip, especially to the land of her ancestors. My path to this place was something I could never have dreamed or imagined. It was an amazing God thing!"This was only the first of Diane and her husband Jimmy's missionary trips that have turned into their calling. Join Diane on this recounting of how she walked with God into The Priceless Life.
Priceless
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Author : Robert K. Wittman
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Priceless written by Robert K. Wittman and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with True Crime categories.
The Wall Street Journal called him “a living legend.” The London Times dubbed him “the most famous art detective in the world.” In Priceless, Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for the first time, offering a real-life international thriller to rival The Thomas Crown Affair. Rising from humble roots as the son of an antique dealer, Wittman built a twenty-year career that was nothing short of extraordinary. He went undercover, usually unarmed, to catch art thieves, scammers, and black market traders in Paris and Philadelphia, Rio and Santa Fe, Miami and Madrid. In this page-turning memoir, Wittman fascinates with the stories behind his recoveries of priceless art and antiquities: The golden armor of an ancient Peruvian warrior king. The Rodin sculpture that inspired the Impressionist movement. The headdress Geronimo wore at his final Pow-Wow. The rare Civil War battle flag carried into battle by one of the nation’s first African-American regiments. The breadth of Wittman’s exploits is unmatched: He traveled the world to rescue paintings by Rockwell and Rembrandt, Pissarro, Monet and Picasso, often working undercover overseas at the whim of foreign governments. Closer to home, he recovered an original copy of the Bill of Rights and cracked the scam that rocked the PBS series Antiques Roadshow. By the FBI’s accounting, Wittman saved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art and antiquities. He says the statistic isn’t important. After all, who’s to say what is worth more --a Rembrandt self-portrait or an American flag carried into battle? They're both priceless. The art thieves and scammers Wittman caught run the gamut from rich to poor, smart to foolish, organized criminals to desperate loners. The smuggler who brought him a looted 6th-century treasure turned out to be a high-ranking diplomat. The appraiser who stole countless heirlooms from war heroes’ descendants was a slick, aristocratic con man. The museum janitor who made off with locks of George Washington's hair just wanted to make a few extra bucks, figuring no one would miss what he’d filched. In his final case, Wittman called on every bit of knowledge and experience in his arsenal to take on his greatest challenge: working undercover to track the vicious criminals behind what might be the most audacious art theft of all.
Priceless
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Author : William Poundstone
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2010-03-29
Priceless written by William Poundstone and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-29 with Business & Economics categories.
People used to download music for free; then Steve Jobs convinced them to pay for it. How? By charging 99 cents. Prada and other luxury stores stock a few obscenely expensive items — just to make the rest of their inventory seem like a bargain. Why do text messages cost money, while emails are free? Why do jars of peanut butter keep getting smaller in order to keep the price the ‘same’? The answer is simple: prices are a collective hallucination. In Priceless, bestselling author William Poundstone reveals the hidden psychology of value. In psychological experiments, people are unable to estimate ‘fair’ prices accurately and are strongly influenced by the unconscious, the irrational, and the politically incorrect. It hasn’t taken long for marketers to apply these findings. ‘Price consultants’ advise retailers on how to convince consumers to pay more for less, and negotiation coaches offer similar advice for businesspeople cutting deals. The new psychology of price dictates the design of price tags, menus, rebates, ‘sale’ ads, mobile-phone plans, supermarket aisles, real-estate offers, wage packages, tort demands, and corporate buyouts. Prices are the most pervasive hidden persuaders of all.