Not sure about the number in Freakonomics, but according to the Department of Transportation’s 2013 Memorandum, the department values a life at $9.1 million 2012 dollars.
I choose to cite lower bar number, but if you multiply $9.1 million with 1600 cases you get >15 billion and that’s three order of magnitude of what eradicating would cost.
That means “you should be outraged by this!” ;)
Not sure about the number in Freakonomics, but according to the Department of Transportation’s 2013 Memorandum, the department values a life at $9.1 million 2012 dollars.
I choose to cite lower bar number, but if you multiply $9.1 million with 1600 cases you get >15 billion and that’s three order of magnitude of what eradicating would cost.
That means “you should be outraged by this!” ;)