Richard Thaler - My thesis topic was 'The value of a human life.' I asked people a question:...

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My thesis topic was 'The value of a human life.' I asked people a question: 'Suppose you had some risk, a one in a thousand risk of dying - how much would you pay to eliminate it?'

Richard Thaler

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Mein Thema war "Der Wert eines menschlichen Lebens". Ich stellte den Leuten eine Frage: "Angenommen, Sie hatten ein gewisses Risiko, ein Tausendstel Risiko zu sterben - wie viel würden Sie dafür bezahlen, um es zu beseitigen?"

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