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Professors calculate monetary, statistical value of human life

Written by Evelyn Rusli, Contributor
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2002

$1.54 million. Exchange rate — 190 million yen, 980,000 British pounds or one human life. That is the statistical worth of a person, according to studies by economics professor Orley Ashenfelter GS '70.

After years of conducting research on ...

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  • 6:51 a.m. on Oct. 31st, 2011
    Posted by
    Sammy

    Haha!! I hope this article was a joke! 1.54 million for a life! What a bunch of BULL! I'll give you that much, see if you can make a life for me!!

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