Betting on Death: Creepy or Not?

Season 2012

Paul Solman talks to Michael Sandel about the morality of betting on when people will die.

Monday night the NewsHour featured my discussion with Harvard professor Michael Sandel about his new book, "What Money Can't Buy." Here, an excerpt from my interview with Sandel about secondary markets for life insurance policies that poses the question: is it moral to place a bet on when your neighbors might die?

AIR DATE 6/12/12

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