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lomase
12 days ago
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NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fif...
How much respiratory disseases and deaths asociated with polution do to GDP? (Sincerely asking)
tim333
12 days ago
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I'm not sure GDP is a good guide there since whether you drop dead at 60 or 80 doesn't effect the GDP much. Though obviously there's a value to the individual there.
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lomase
11 days ago
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In most of the civilized world the goverment takes a big chunk of the GDP for health care so their citizens dont die.
Does your goverment just let people die?
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tim333
11 days ago
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No but the treatment doesn't vary so much depending on age. You only die once. It's probably cheaper for them if you die young.
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