S01E03: What is a life worth?

Send us Fan Mail Whilst all human life may be priceless, the reality is that putting a price tag on a life is an important part of the job for legislators all over the world. In this episode of The Answers Project, Mhairi and Stephen unpick the messy equation of death vs money, how seatbelts changed the way we value lives and why this question has ugly roots in slavery. Featuring: [05:04] W. Kip Viscusi, Author of ‘Pricing Lives’ [10:59] Anthony G Reddie, Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture [18:10] Ioannis Evangelidis, Assistant Professor of Marketing at ESADE Barcelona [23:17] Joanna Scott, Policy Advisor for Health and Protection Insurance, Association of British Insurers [25:53] Kenneth Feinberg, Dispute Resolution Attorney

You can listen to S01E03: What is a life worth? online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

S01E03: What is a life worth? is an episode from The Answers Project by CGTN Europe .

This episode is 30:35 long.

This episode was published on Feb 18, 2021.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from The Answers Project when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.