Value of human life
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Value of life (also known as value of statistical life).
In the U.S., one human life is worth roughly $10 million.[1][2] Folks who contributed to this measure:
- W. Kip Viscusi, economist at Vanderbilt University
- Kenneth Feinberg
- Stefanos Zenios at Stanford Graduate School of Business[3]
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux. "What Should The Government Spend To Save A Life?" FiveThirtyEight, March 27, 2020.
Frank Partnoy. "The Cost of a Human Life, Statistically Speaking." The Globalist, July 21, 2012.
References
- ↑ Sarah Gonzalez. "How Government Agencies Determine The Dollar Value Of Human Life." NPR, April 23, 2020.
- ↑ Stephen J. Dubner. "Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth?" Freakonomics, Ep.344, August 8, 2018.
- ↑ Kathleen Kingsbury. "The Value of a Human Life: $129,000." Time, May 20, 2008.