What Is Life Worth? : The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims Of 9/11 by Kenneth R. Feinberg (2006, Trade Paperback)

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Just eleven days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress created the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. But in its haste, Congress provided very few guidelines as to how the funds should be distributed, and no limit on the in size. Instead it asked a single individual, Kenneth Feinberg, to do the impossible: calculate the dollar value of over 5,500 dead and injured in the worst peacetime disaster in US history. What Is Life Worth? is a personal account of Feinbergs three-year struggle to compensate grieving families for catastrophic loss. As the Washington Post said in its glowing review, Feinberg found the answer to this confounding, heartbreaking dilemma, not in actuarial tables or projected incomes but in the almost limitless capacity of people to love.

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PublisherPublic Affairs
ISBN-101586484516
ISBN-139781586484514
eBay Product ID (ePID)89472611

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Book TitleWhat Is Life Worth? : the Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (Dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa), Political, Disasters & Disaster Relief
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
AuthorKenneth R. Feinberg
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight7.9 oz.
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in

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