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The economy vs. human life

Sue Marit dis­in­fects shop­ping carts in a Shop­per’s Drug Mart in Bobcaygeon, Ont., on March 29. North Amer­ica has lost nearly 20 mil­lion jobs in about three weeks, and the pan­demic is cost­ing the econ­omy tril­lions by forc­ing peo­ple to stay at home.
Sue Marit dis­in­fects shop­ping carts in a Shop­per’s Drug Mart in Bobcaygeon, Ont., on March 29. North Amer­ica has lost nearly 20 mil­lion jobs in about three weeks, and the pan­demic is cost­ing the econ­omy tril­lions by forc­ing peo­ple to stay at home.
CHRISTO­PHER KAT­SAROV/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Ian Brown on what the outbreak tells us about each person’s worth

Long before COVID-19 cases rose and markets plummeted, economists had ways to measure the worth of a human life – but the publi...