For Sale, By Owner

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Hidden Brain

社会科学

2019-03-05

31 分钟
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You own your body. So should you be able to sell parts of it? This week, we explore the concept of "repugnant transactions" with the man who coined the term, Nobel Prize- winning economist Al Roth. He says repugnant transactions can range from selling organs to poorly-planned gift exchanges — and what's repugnant in one place and time is often not repugnant in another.
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  • This is hidden brain.

  • I'm Shankar Vedanta.

  • Let's say someone wanted to buy one of your eyes.

  • Would you go for it?

  • I wouldn't sell my eyes, no.

  • Because sight is precious.

  • Okay, but would you say yes for a million dollars?

  • No, no, no.

  • Because I had a lot of vision problems growing up, and I already have, like, resolved that.

  • I went through Lasix.

  • I'm like, good.

  • Now what about $10 million?

  • Well.

  • Um, I don't think so.

  • Yeah.

  • I'm gonna still sit.

  • I'm gonna pass.

  • Yeah.

  • If you said $10 million, hell, yeah.

  • I'm building a house in Honduras.