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	Podcast:		Freakonomics Radio
	Episode:		Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth? (Ep. 344)
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:38:10
	Publish Date:		2018-08-08 22:00:00
	Description:		After every mass shooting or terrorist attack, victims and survivors receive a huge outpouring of support — including a massive pool of compensation money. How should that money be allocated? We speak with the man who’s done that job after many tragedies, including 9/11. The hard part, it turns out, isn’t attaching a dollar figure to each victim; the hard part is acknowledging that dollars can’t heal the pain.
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