Mar 28, 2020
At the request of Patreon listeners, I'm releasing this bonus
episode to the main feed--go to Patreon.com/andrewheaton if you
want a weekly bonus episode like this on top of the main show!
This week I explain why the government calculates a monetary price
of what an individual American's life is worth, and why that's
actually a useful tool for making cold, deliberative policy
determinations. Which is unfortunately something we might have to
do if confronted with the two bad options of "risk lives to
pandemic" or "hurl the country into another Great Depression." If
and when we get to that point, we'll need rational people operating
the levers of power.
Season 2, Ep 42