The Price Of Life
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The Price Of Life
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Author : Jenny Kleeman
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2024-03-14
The Price Of Life written by Jenny Kleeman and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-14 with Philosophy categories.
A Radio 4 Book of the Week 'Jon Ronson meets Louis Theroux in the style of Joan Didion' - Telegraph 'Jaw-droppingly illuminating' - inews We say that life is priceless but in these surprising stories that explore the value of human life, journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on an adventure to meet some of the people who decide what we're worth. The cost of saving a life, creating a life or compensating for a life taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. In a world in love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on anything – including life itself. For philanthropists, judges, criminals, healthcare providers and government ministers, it’s just part of the job. In a series of extraordinary encounters – with people who have faked their own death or lost a loved one to terrorism, with hitmen and with modern day slaves – Kleeman discovers more questions than answers. What does it mean for our humanity when we crunch the numbers to decide who gets the expensive life-saving drugs, and who misses out? What do we learn about ourselves when philanthropic giving by the effective altruists in Silicon Valley is received by some, while others are left to suffer? Are some lives really worth more than others? And what happens when we take human emotions out of the equation? Does it make for a fairer decision-making process – or for moral bankruptcy? Exploring the final frontier in monetization, Kleeman asks what we lose and what we gain by leaving the judgments that really matter up to cold, hard logic. _____ 'Compelling' - Literary Review 'Reframes how you think about the world' - Sophie Elmhirst, author of Maurice and Maralyn 'Gripping' - Daily Mail 'Writing, thinking and storytelling at its best' - Ben Judah, author of This Is Europe
The Price Of Life
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Author : Nigel Brennan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Release Date : 2012
The Price Of Life written by Nigel Brennan and has been published by Penguin Group Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Bundaberg photojournalist Nigel Brennan travels to Somalia with Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout. They are abducted by a criminal gang that puts a price of US$3 million on their heads. If not paid, they will be killed. And the Australian government does not pay ransoms."--Back cover.
A Better Life For Half The Price
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Author : Tim Leffel
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015
A Better Life For Half The Price written by Tim Leffel and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Americans categories.
Presents good value destinations to live in around the world and how to transition.
Live Your Life For Half The Price
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Author : Mary Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Revell
Release Date : 2015-08-11
Live Your Life For Half The Price written by Mary Hunt and has been published by Revell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-11 with Business & Economics categories.
"It's the money you don't spend that ultimately gives you the freedom to live the life you love!" You work hard for your money. You know you should save some, but it seems like every month something comes up that sets back your best laid plans. If you're tired of working hard just to get by, this user-friendly guide shows you that you can slash the cost of nearly everything you need without sacrificing joy and quality of life. Mary Hunt shows you how to get off the monthly money roller coaster. She offers the specific techniques, resources, and motivation you need to keep more of your money every month, including •finding money you didn't know you had •cutting your grocery bill by 50% •controlling the mother of all budget-busters •avoiding fees •paying off your mortgage •saving on bills •preparing for disaster •paying less for your dream car •planning family vacations •and more It's time to start saving, giving, and finally making financial progress, and with humor and compassion, Mary Hunt is leading the way!
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.
The Price Of Life
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Author : Durime P. Zherka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-03-12
The Price Of Life written by Durime P. Zherka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Discounted Life
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Author : Sharmila Rudrappa
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2015-12-04
Discounted Life written by Sharmila Rudrappa and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-04 with Social Science categories.
Winner, American Sociological Association Asia and Asian America Section Best Book on Asia/Transnational Asia Finalist, 2015 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems India is the top provider of surrogacy services in the world, with a multi-million dollar surrogacy industry that continues to grow exponentially, as increasing numbers of couples from developed nations look for wombs in which to grow their babies. Some scholars have exulted transnational surrogacy for the possibilities it opens for infertile couples, while others have offered bioethical cautionary tales, rebuked exploitative intended parents, or lamented the exploitation of surrogate mothers—but very little is known about the experience of and transaction between surrogate mothers and intended parents outside the lens of the many agencies that control surrogacy in India. Drawing from rich interviews with surrogate mothers and egg donors in Bangalore, as well as twenty straight and gay couples in the U.S. and Australia, Discounted Life focuses on the processes of social and market exchange in transnational surrogacy. Sharmila Rudrappa interrogates the creation and maintenance of reproductive labor markets, the function of agencies and surrogacy brokers, and how women become surrogate mothers. Is surrogacy solely a labor contract for which the surrogate mother receives wages, or do its meanings and import exceed the confines of the market? Rudrappa argues that this reproductive industry is organized to control and disempower women workers and yet her interviews reveal that, by and large, the surrogate mothers in Bangalore found the experience life affirming. Rudrappa explores this tension, and the lived realities of many surrogate mothers whose deepening bodily commodification is paradoxically experienced as a revitalizing life development. A detailed and moving study, Discounted Life delineates how local labor markets intertwine with global reproduction industries, how Bangalore’s surrogate mothers make sense of their participation in reproductive assembly lines, and the remarkable ways in which they negotiate positions of power for themselves in progressively untenable socio-economic conditions.
The Price Of Life
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Author : Robert H. Blank
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1997-02-14
The Price Of Life written by Robert H. Blank and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-02-14 with Political Science categories.
How can America become a healthy nation, Blank asks, when it is beset by poverty, illiteracy, and crime? No new health care system can succeed unless or until the links between social problems and sickness are understood-and addressed. On the national level, Blank calls for a more aggressive redistribution of social and public health resources to the poor and elderly; at the same time, he describes sanctions that would encourage individuals to be more careful about their own health, and limit or change destructive behavior.
Managing The Price Of Life
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language : en
Publisher: L. H. Hancock
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The Price Of Life Hazel Tau And Others Vs Glaxosmithkline And Boehringer Ingelheim
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language : en
Publisher: SECTION27
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