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A decade ago—as a stunt for a radio program—I phoned one of the UK’s leading betting shops and tried to take a bet that I was going to die within a year. The woman on the end of the phone refused: it was against company policy. That was an unprofitable decision, since I am, after all, still alive. But a betting shop won’t gamble on life and death. A life insurance company, by contrast, does little else.
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
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