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The calculus of your life

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm today

Businesses, judges, insurance actuaries and healthcare providers are all tallying up your life. Journalist and documentary maker Jenny Kleeman says rather than be uncomfortable about this conversation, we should understand how other people decide what we're worth. She takes us into the world of people who put a dollar value on lives, from hitmen to charities, to find out what their calculations say about humanity. Her book is called, The Price of Life: In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides. 

Journalist and documentary maker Jenny Kleeman

Photo: Jenny Smith Photography