The Price of Life

<p><b>'Like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret Atwood'</b> <i>New Statesman</i><br><i>__________</i><br><br><b>* &pound;180,000 for each individual life saved during the Covid pandemic</b><br><b>* $2-3,000 to save the life of a child in Africa</b><br><b>* &pound;15,000 to hire a hitman</b><br><b>* $500 for an Afghan bride</b><br><br>We say that life is priceless. Yet the cost of saving a life, creating a life or compensating for a life taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. In a world in love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on anything &ndash; including life itself. For philanthropists, judges, criminals, healthcare providers and government ministers, it&rsquo;s just part of the job. In <i>The Price of Life</i>, journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes