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Friday, November 30th, 2007

What are your body parts worth on the open market?

How would you price out the human body, if we’re willing to assume willing sellers and willing buyers?
Certainly there are limited white- and black-market examples that exist already, from organ transplantation (and organ harvesting!) to blood donation and sperm banks. But let’s assume it’s all fair game: you’re willing to sell any part of […]

70 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, economics, medicine by Josh Millard

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