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Premature Death, Harm and Economic Welfare. Milestones for a Study of the Scarcity of Lifetime

Abstract Economists measure the harm caused by a death by quantifying its opportunity cost (all what the person is deprived off due to her death). This calculus contradicts the thesis of the neutrality of death defended by several philosophers since the Antiquity. This article reviews old arguments justifying the neutrality of death, and, by a … Continue reading Premature Death, Harm and Economic Welfare. Milestones for a Study of the Scarcity of Lifetime