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How much is a human life worth?
The Price of Life author Jenny Kleeman on the cost of making and taking a life.
What is the cash value of a human life?
That’s the question at the heart of The Price of Life, a book by journalist Jenny Kleeman.
It turns out that there’s not just one price, there are many - depending on exactly how that life is being created, traded or destroyed.
Tim Harford talks to Jenny about what she discovered.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Neil Churchill
Editor: Richard Vadon
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