Putting monetary value on time


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A TODDLER is inadvertently left in a hot car and dies from heatstroke. Public outcry ensues and suggestions are made to prevent such occurrences.

As a policy researcher, I look at the structural constraint within which families function when such a tragedy occurs. It is the breaking point of a system that consistently undervalues our most finite economic resource: time.

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