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Spreadsheets of power
Most people think it is hard to put a dollar value on a human life, but they’re wrong. It’s easy. Economists do it all the time. Most people think that all human lives are equally valuable. And most think economic modelling is boring, irrelevant to their busy lives, and unrelated to how our democracy is functioning. They’re wrong about those, too...
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I wish I could say I'm shocked, but really that's how modern society works. Unless you're a powerbroker, you're essentially a number in a book, and if your cost exceeds your value, you are in trouble.