The thought of putting a fixed value on life is unpleasant, but it is necessary for regulators to determine how resources should be spent on health and safety improvements, says economist Ike Brannon.
Furthermore:
Society cannot spend an infinite amount of money to protect and extend each person’s life.
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Many developing countries fear opening their financial markets to foreign investors because it would expose them to volatile swings in fortune. They worry that riches will rush in one day, only to suddenly rush out the next, leaving economic ruin. A new paper from the U.S. National Bureau of Economic
Dutch physicians do not report four out of five euthanasia procedures performed on terminally ill infants to authorities, despite protocols to encourage the practice, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers from the University Medical Centre Groningen in the Netherlands reviewed records of euthanasia cases
The U.S. federal government owns more than 670 million acres of land, about one-third of it in the United States. But according to Representative Chris Cannon (Republican, Utah), federal agencies know little about the assets they own and how they can be put to their highest and best use.
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The demand for organ transplants in rich countries is rising much faster than the supply of organs donated through traditional means. A small but growing number of the world’s poor are offering up their body parts for sale, and kidneys are the most commonly purchased organs, according to Foreign Policy.
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