Can You Put a Price Tag on a Life? with Jenny Kleeman

你能给一条生命贴上价格标签吗?和珍妮·克利曼

Intelligence Squared

2024-03-14

35 分钟
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It’s often said that you can’t put a price on a life but in the name of business many organisations do it everyday. Drawing from the themes of her latest book, The Price of Life, journalist and broadcaster Jenny Kleeman shows us how the monetary value of human life is often coldly calculated in industries ranging from insurance to the welfare sector. She also digs into the disturbing and murky underworld of organised crime, where sourcing a hitman or a female trafficking victim could cost as little as a few thousand pounds. In conversation with author and researcher Carl Miller, Kleeman makes the case that we can’t afford to dodge the question of how much we are willing to spend to prevent the loss of life while making hollow statements about life’s supposed pricelessness. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all of our longer form interviews and Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Welcome to Intelligence Squared.

  • Im head of programming Connor Boyle on this episode, what is a life really worth, and can we put a price on it?

  • Well, somewhat disturbingly, many organizations already do, from the insurance industry and the welfare sector to the murky underworld of organized crime.

  • That question is the focus of journalist Jenny Kleeman's new book, the Price of Life.

  • Joining Jenny to discuss it is Carl Miller, co founder of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think tank Demos.

  • He's a fellow at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and author of the death of the the new Global Power Grab.

  • Here's Carl with more.

  • I'm delighted today to welcome back Jenny Kleeman, journalist, author and broadcaster.

  • You've probably seen Jenny reporting for Channel Four's foreign affairs series unreported world, or maybe on BBC one's panorama.

  • But she's the author of Sex, Robots, Vegan Meat, and her latest book also, which we're going to talk about today, the price of life in search of what we're worth and who decides.

  • Jenny, welcome.