- Sunday, November 30, 2008, 2:56
- MEDICAL ADVICE
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What kind of society would routinely bury or burn its most valuable resources rather than use them?
I am talking about our own body parts. The Nobel Prize winning economist Gary Becker reckons that each still-usable kidney we bury is worth
$US15,000; each still-usable liver: $US35,000.
Don’t doubt that there are people prepared to pay that much money. Right now more than
1,800 Australians are ...
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