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Apr 14, 2020 27 min

What is your life really worth?

from Follow The Money Hosted by The Australia Institute

It's early days, but it looks like the measures Australia has taken to stop the spread of Covid-19 appear to be working. But not everyone sees it that way. Many commentators and economists think that the restrictions we’ve put in place go ‘too far’. So we asked chief economist at the Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, what price we really put on human life? Check out Richard's two essays for The Monthly 'What the government thinks you're worth' (February 2019) and 'Spreadsheets of Power' (April 2015) Visit tai.org.au for our latest pandemic economic research and analysis // @theausinstitute Host: Ebony Bennett, deputy director of the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett Guests: Richard Denniss, chief economist of the Australia Institute // @RDNS_TAI Producer: Jennifer Macey. Theme music is by Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum Support Follow the Money & the research powerful interests fear: https://theaus.in/4vs6XeO

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