Episode 99: Buying Kidneys with an Ethics Professor
Happy 2019, everyone! On our first episode of Words & Numbers in the new year, professor James Stacey Taylor joins Antony and James this week to discuss the ethical implications of creating markets for human organs. According to Prof. Taylor,...
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Show Notes
Happy 2019, everyone!
On our first episode of Words & Numbers in the new year, professor James Stacey Taylor joins Antony and James this week to discuss the ethical implications of creating markets for human organs.
According to Prof. Taylor, nearly 18 people a day die from a shortage of kidney donors. Economists have argued for decades that these kinds of markets could save lives by creating better incentives for people to donate their organs to people in dire need, but critics say that it would encourage poorer people to put their health at risk for money.
Who's right?
Quick Hits:
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Foolishness of the Week:
Union dues eat worker’s entire paycheck
Topic of the week: Organ Markets
James Stacey Taylor People in need of kidney donors
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