The Price of Life
In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides
$31.44
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2024
Summary
$2-3,000 to save the life of a child in Africa
£15,180 to hire a hitman
$368,901 to pay the average ransom demand
We say that life is priceless. Yet 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, i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035004973 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035004976 |
| Author: | Jenny Kleeman |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 434g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 153mm x 233mm |
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Jenny Kleeman
Jenny Kleeman is a journalist, documentary-maker and radio presenter. She writes for the Guardian, Tortoise, The Times and The Sunday Times. She has reported for BBC One’s Panorama, Channel 4’s Dispatches and VICE News Tonight on HBO, as well as making thirteen films from across the globe for Channel 4’s Unreported World. The Price of Life is her second book.
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