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Ron Johnson: “You have the value of a statistical life. What is the value of the life lost? You put a number on that.”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2018
You have the value of a statistical life. What is the value of the life lost? You put a number on that.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Johnson discusses the economic valuation of life in regulatory decisions.

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