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人命如何定價:從法律、商業、保險、醫療、政策、生育等切面,探究社會為人命貼上價格標籤的迷思、缺陷與不正義

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──《槍砲、病菌與鋼鐵》、《動盪》作者賈德.戴蒙(Jared Diamond)盛讚推薦──

這個社會上「人命有價」,但我們從不知道在背後撥打算盤的是誰,他們又如何盤算?

哥倫比亞大學頂尖統計學家、衛生經濟學家、聯合國首席統計模型專家弗里德曼
從與我們息息相關的保費、生兒育女到法律獎懲、政策制定,甚至是恐怖攻擊的賠償金
探究人命究竟如何在這個社會被定價,並帶我們思辨──這樣的定價方式合理嗎?


「要錢,還是要命?」這不只是一句老套的台詞,更是一個關於現代社會必要之惡的重要命題。從各種產品、服務的價格、保險費、醫療費、刑責、罰金到汙染物的政府安全標準,人命無時無刻受到估量計算,被政府、經濟學家、法律、企業、醫療體系、保險公司,甚至是人們自己定下價格,但我們卻對背後機制知之甚少。

霍華德.史蒂文.弗里德曼是當代頂尖的統計學家和衛生經濟學家,也是數據科學和成本效益分析應用方面的專家。透過本書,他為我們簡單扼要地解釋了這個社會如何為人命標價,並指出了其中的邏輯缺陷和局限性如何造成社會上的不公平、不正義,並對每個人的人生都帶來深刻的影響。

320 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 2020

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Howard Steven Friedman

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Howard Steven Friedman, a leading statistician and health economist, is an expert in data science and applications of cost-benefit analysis. He teaches at Columbia University.

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A fascinating perspective on the valuation of life in hard dollars.
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