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tokenadult · 2011-08-27 · Original thread
Link to an academically hosted .PDF of the paper "The Value of Health and Longevity," mentioned in the submitted article.

http://www.econ.yale.edu/seminars/labor/lap05/topel-050325.p...

I'm going to have to check the methodology of this working paper, as I am dubious about its conclusion.

And here's a link to Amazon's description of the newly published book on which the submitted article is based:

http://www.amazon.com/100-Plus-Longevity-Everything-Relation...

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