Just flipped through Michael J. Sandels What Money Cant Buy: The Moral Limits of the Market. He writes : There are some things money cant buy, but these days, not many. Today, almost everything is up for sale. A few examples ; 1. The services of an Indian surrogate mother to carry pregnancy : Price tag $ 6250. Western couples seeking surrogates increasingly `outsource the job to India..... 2. If you are second grader in an underachieving Dallas School, read a book: $ 2. To encourage reading, the schools pay kids for each book they read {I wish I have to be there :-)} 3. Buy the life insurance policy of an ailing or elderly person,pay the annual premium while the person is alive, and then collect the death benefit when he or she dies: potentially, millions (depending on the policy). This form of betting on the lives of strangers had become a $ 300 billion industry. The sooner the stranger dies, the more the `investor makes... Where the world is heading to? There are many examples like this... seems interesting to read...my `yet to read list is increasing every day/hour :-)
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:03:51 +0000
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