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<p>+目にとまった新刊 05年06月②<br>
+What Is
LifeWorth? 9.11犠牲者への補償はいかに算定されたか</p>
<br>
<p><font size="4"><font color="#FF6600">What Is
LifeWorth?</font> 9.11犠牲者への補償はいかに算定されたか<br></font>**CalculatingtheIncalculable
in the Aftermath of Sept. 11</p>
<p>WHAT IS LIFE WORTH?<br>
The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11<br>
By Kenneth R. Feinberg<br>
213 pages. PublicAffairs. $24.<br></p>
<p>By WILLIAM GRIMES<br>
Published: June 15, 2005<br>
Less than three months after the World Trade Center collapsed,
aWashingtonlawyer, Kenneth R. Feinberg, was handed a highly unusual job. In
aneffort toprop up the airline industry, Congress had passed the
AirTransportation Safetyand System Stabilization Act. Along with loan
guarantees,the new law calledfor a special fund to compensate victims of the
9/11 attacks.The amount of thecompensation, and who qualified for it, would be
decided by anall-powerfulofficial known in legal language as a special master.
Mr. Feinberg,a mediatorbest known for resolving the Agent Orange class-action
suit, got thenod.</p>
<p>Forum: Book News and Reviews<br>
In "What Is Life Worth?" Mr. Feinberg offers a valuable first-person
accountofthe 9/11 compensation fund and its workings. He makes clear, for
thefirsttime, exactly how peculiar the law governing the fund was, and
theenormousdifficulties, ethical and practical, that resulted from its
ambiguouslanguageand hastily written guidelines.</p>
<p>"Never before had a government offered individuals millions of
dollarsintax-free compensation for a tragic loss," Mr. Feinberg writes.
"Andneverbefore had government funds been so unregulated. There was
noearmarkedcongressional appropriation limiting the size of awards
orconstraining mydiscretion. My budget was unlimited; the payouts would
bedetermined only by mypersonal judgment and experience." In the end,
Mr.Feinberg would award morethan $7 billion to 5,560 victims and
familymembers.</p>
<p>The compensation fund was a strange blend of compassion and
coldcalculation.Washington's lawmakers wanted to express, in dollars, the
nation'ssense ofoutrage and grief. Thousands of innocent people had died on the
frontlines of anew war.</p>
<p>But the government also wanted to head off an onslaught of
personalinjurylawsuits that could throw the airline industry into turmoil.
Thecompensationfund was a giant bet, with public money, that most victims
wouldforfeit theirright to sue, and avoid the uncertainties of a court case,
ifoffered thecertainty of a reasonable award. It was up to Mr. Feinberg to
makethe bet payoff.</p>
<p>It was not easy. Legal precedent offered little help because, as
thebook'ssubtitle suggests, there had never been anything quite like the
9/11fund. Mr.Feinberg, in casting about for useful guideposts, consulted the
Bible.At onepoint he talked things over with a prominent rabbi, who offered
sagecounsel:sometimes life offers no easy answers.</p>
<p>The wording of the statute put Mr. Feinberg in an
ethicallydifficultposition. By law, he was required to calibrate awards
according tothefinancial worth of the deceased victim. Unavoidably, the special
master,incarrying out the law, would appear to be making morally
repugnantdistinctions,telling the wife of a fireman, for example, that her
husband wasworth lessthan a stockbroker.</p>
<p>Mr. Feinberg created his own ethical difficulties, too. The fund, inhismind,
should be "compassionate and generous but not profligate." Onlythosevictims who
received hospital treatment within 72 hours of the Sept.11attacks, and who
received their injuries in the vicinity of the WorldTradeCenter or the
Pentagon, could apply for compensation. "If we permittedJerseyCity residents
who inhaled the dust and debris to be eligible, wecouldanticipate millions of
additional cases," Mr. Feinberg writes.</p>
<p>Spouses and children, but not parents, would be eligible for
compensation.Nomoney would be awarded for mental injury or emotional trauma.
This, Mr.Feinbergsays, was a tough call but a necessary one to head off a run
on theUnitedStates Treasury. "I envisioned five million New Yorkers filing
claims,as wellas the millions of additional Americans and foreigners who
watched thedisasterunfold on television," he writes. Heroism, even when well
documented,would notentitle anyone to extra money. "My goal was to minimize
distinctionsamongclaimants, not maximize them," Mr. Feinberg explains. "Heroism
by allwaspresumed."</p>
<p>Not surprisingly, Mr. Feinberg took a lot of heat (especially in
NewYork),even though he accepted no pay for his work. Outraged family
membersattackedhim in public meetings. "I spit on you and your children," a
fireman'swidowshouted at him at one meeting. Some accused him of administering
a programofhush-money payments. The fund, in this view, was intended to head
offlawsuitsthat might lead to embarrassing revelations about the
government'sfailure toanticipate 9/11. A class-action lawsuit was filed by
families ofemployees atCantor Fitzgerald accusing Mr. Feinberg of
arbitrarilyshortchanginghigh-income victims. The suit was dismissed.</p>
<p>Mr. Feinberg took the high road. The most engaging,
emotionallyrewardingpages in "What Is Life Worth?" describe his grueling
efforts to maketheseemingly inscrutable, arbitrary compensation process
transparentandaccessible by holding endless public meetings around the country
andarrangingprivate meetings, sometimes as many as a dozen a day, with victims
andtheirfamilies.</p>
<p>Mr. Feinberg confesses that he was unprepared for the emotional
experienceofcounseling angry or grieving relatives. Often he was thrust into
bitterfamilysquabbles. In the early days of administering the fund, he
addressedaudiencesin a lawyerly, just-the-facts style that struck many
listeners, hewrites, as"brusque and callous."</p>
<p>With time, he relied more on his powers of sympathy. Mostly, he
listened,andhe has included moving accounts of the stories he heard. He
explained andheencouraged, and gradually, he won the day. Thanks to a
last-minute floodofapplications, the 9/11 fund, which seemed to be teetering on
the edgeoffailure, attracted 97 percent of those eligible for compensation.</p>
<p>That does not make it a good idea. "Despite its success, I would not
usethefund as a model in the event of future attacks," Mr. Feinberg
concludes.The9/11 attacks were a special case, he argues. It is bad public
policy toholdout the promise that the government will compensate citizens
formisfortunes -to act, as he puts it, "as an insurer of last resort." If
Congressdecides tohand out awards in the event of a terrorist attack, however,
itshould make thesame payment to everyone, regardless of economic
worth.Compassion iswonderful. But egalitarianism is, too.</p>
<p>TITLE:Calculating the Incalculable in the Aftermath of Sept. 11 -
NewYorkTimes<br>
DATE:2005/06/14 11:25<br>
<a href=
"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/books/15grim.html">URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/books/15grim.html</a>?</p>
<p><font color="#339966" size=
"4">目にとまった新刊 05年06月②</font></p>
<p>０．総記</p>
<p>書林探訪 古書から読む現代<br>
紀田順一郎著; 松籟社; 1600円; 024.8; 05027936; 4-87984-234-6</p>
<p>と学会年鑑 Rose<br>
と学会著; 楽工社; 1350円; 049; 05028439; 4-903063-00-3</p>
<p>
メディアは戦争にどうかかわってきたか 日露戦争から対テロ戦争まで<br>
木下和寛著; 朝日新聞社; 1400円; 070.2; 05029382; 4-02-259878-6</p>
<p>１．哲学</p>
<p>仏説・仏法・仏事<br>
岡元錬城著; 東方出版; 1800円; 188.94; 05028287; 4-88591-945-2</p>
<p>未来世療法 運命は変えられる<br>
ブライアン・L.ワイス著; ＰＨＰ研究所; 1600円;
147;05028295;4-569-64185-7</p>
<p>永遠の大道<br>
G.カミンズ著; 潮文社; 1500円; 147; 05028371; 4-8063-1400-5</p>
<p>日本人の宗教「神と仏」を読む<br>
黒塚信一郎著; かんき出版; 1400円; 162.1; 05028444;4-7612-6259-1</p>
<p>
不思議の国の私 B.ロナーガンによる哲学と方法への入門<br>
J.E.ペレス・バレラ著; ぎょうせい; 3500円;
101;05028476;4-324-07695-2</p>
<p>川上光正論文集 2 ヨガ健康学論<br>
川上光正著; ブイツーソリューション / 星雲社;
4762円;147;05028517; 4-434-06113-5</p>
<p>
宗教に分裂するアメリカ キリスト教国家から多宗教共生国家へ<br>
ダイアナ・L.エック著; 明石書店; 3800円;
162.53;05028635;4-7503-2114-1</p>
<p>幕末民衆思想の研究 幕末国学と民衆宗教<br>
桂島宣弘著; 文理閣; 4000円; 121.52; 05028720; 4-89259-485-7</p>
<p>禅<br>
中尾良信著; ナツメ社; 1400円; 188.8; 05028953; 4-8163-3939-6</p>
<p>明治キリスト教会形成の社会史<br>
森岡清美著; 東京大学出版会; 9200円;
192.1;05029195;4-13-010407-1</p>
<p><br>
２．歴史</p>
<p>アウシュヴィッツと〈アウシュヴィッツの嘘〉<br>
ティル・バスティアン著; 白水社; 900円;
234.074;05028431;4-560-72080-0</p>
<p>イザベラ・バード極東の旅 1<br>
イザベラ・バード著; 平凡社; 2400円;
292.09;05028589;4-582-80739-9</p>
<p>第二の罪 ドイツ人であることの重荷<br>
ラルフ・ジョルダーノ著; 白水社; 4800円;
234.074;05028787;4-560-04971-8</p>
<p>日本 うるわしき姿<br>
チャールス・ウィプル著;講談社インターナショナル;3800円;
291; 05028843; 4-7700-2337-5</p>
<p>東京 江戸の息吹<br>
庄司かおり著; 講談社インターナショナル;
3800円;291.361;05028848; 4-7700-2339-1</p>
<p>帝国の誕生 ブリテン帝国のイデオロギー的起源<br>
デイヴィッド・アーミテイジ著;
日本経済評論社;3400円;233.05; 05028884; 4-8188-1763-5</p>
<p>高度成長と日本人 2 家族の生活<br>
高度成長期を考える会編;日本エディタースクール出版部;1700円;
210.76; 05028958;4-88888-354-8</p>
<p>日本史紀行<br>
奈良本辰也著; たちばな出版; 1600円;
291.09;05028964;4-8133-1878-9</p>
<p>アメリカの鏡・日本 抄訳版<br>
ヘレン・ミアーズ著; 角川書店; 781円;
210.6;05028980;4-04-710001-3</p>
<p>３．社会科学</p>
<p>社会文化理論ガイドブック<br>
大村英昭編; ナカニシヤ出版; 2500円; 361;05027904;4-88848-939-4</p>
<p>
「公序良俗」に負けなかった女たち 男女賃金差別裁判<br>
宮地光子監修; 明石書店; 2800円; 366.38; 05028023; 4-7503-2130-3</p>
<p>
ヒロシマを持ちかえった人々 「韓国の広島」はなぜ生まれたのか<br>
市場淳子著; 凱風社; 2800円; 369.37; 05028067; 4-7736-2908-8</p>
<p>地球公共財の政治経済学<br>
Inge Kaulほか編; 国際書院; 4600円; 341; 05028135; 4-87791-145-6</p>
<p>「憲法改正」きみたちはどう考えるか<br>
平和・国際教育研究会編; 平和文化; 600円;
323.149;05028136;4-89488-028-8</p>
<p>女性労働白書 働く女性の実情 平成16年版<br>
厚生労働省雇用均等・児童家庭局編;
21世紀職業財団;1800円;R366.38; 05028148; 4-915811-34-4</p>
<p>
「噂の真相」イズム 反権力スキャンダリズムの思想と行動<br>
岡留安則著; ＷＡＶＥ出版; 1300円; 304; 05028150; 4-87290-225-4</p>
<p>自衛隊現況 2005年版<br>
; 防衛日報社; 2600円; R392.1076; 05028160; 4-938467-65-8</p>
<p>政務調査費 その使用実態と問題点<br>
宮沢昭夫著; 公人の友社; 1200円; 318.4; 05028312; 4-87555-458-3</p>
<p>拉致 国家犯罪の構図<br>
金賛汀著; 筑摩書房; 700円; 391.61; 05028326; 4-480-06240-8</p>
<p>公務員給与序説 給与体系の歴史的変遷<br>
稲継裕昭著; 有斐閣; 6200円; 317.34; 05028483; 4-641-12977-0</p>
<p>個人・家族が国家にねらわれるとき<br>
憲法24条を活かす会編; 岩波書店; 480円;
323.143;05028622;4-00-009353-3</p>
<p><br>
民法 4 債権各論<br>
; 有斐閣; 2400円; 324; 05028695; 4-641-15914-9</p>
<p>鶴見俊輔ノススメ プラグマティズムと民主主義<br>
木村倫幸著; 新泉社; 1700円; 309.021; 05028698; 4-7877-0503-2</p>
<p><br>
資本主義はどこまできたか 脱資本主義性と国際公共性<br>
21世紀理論研究会編; 日本経済評論社; 3500円;
332.06;05028892;4-8188-1757-0</p>
<p>原爆体験 六七四四人・死と生の証言<br>
浜谷正晴著; 岩波書店; 2800円; 319.8; 05029037; 4-00-022742-4</p>
<p>子どもと偏見<br>
フランシス・アブード著; ハーベスト社; 2500円;376.11;05029192;
4-938551-75-6</p>
<p>東京裁判 英文文献・研究ガイド<br>
ジニー・ウェルチ著; 現代史料出版 / 東出版;
8500円;329.67;05029198; 4-87785-131-3</p>
<p>５．技術</p>
<p>もったいない 対訳英文付<br>
プラネット・リンク編; マガジンハウス; 952円;
519;05028000;4-8387-1609-5</p>
<p>いのちは創れない メダカやトキのいる国づくり<br>
池田和子著; アサヒビール / 清水弘文堂書房;
2095円;519.81;05028788; 4-87950-571-4</p>
<p>
やまけんの全国出張食い倒れガイド 超人気ブロガーが教える、知られざる至高の名店・美味<br>
山本謙治著; フォーバイフォーマガジン社; 1143円;596;05028867;
4-938515-59-8</p>
<p>６．産業</p>
<p>モッタイナイで地球は緑になる<br>
ワンガリ・マータイ著; 木楽舎; 1429円;
653.4;05027996;4-907818-56-4</p>
<p>グリーンライフ入門 都市農村交流の理論と実際<br>
佐藤誠編著; 農山漁村文化協会; 1667円;
611.151;05027997;4-540-05176-8</p>
<p>「ブランディング」は組織力である<br>
DIAMONDハーバード・ビジネス・レビュー編集部編・訳;ダイヤモンド社;1800円;
675; 05028058; 4-478-50255-2</p>
<p>
NHK番組改変と政治介入 女性国際戦犯法廷をめぐって何が起きたか<br>
VAWW-NETジャパン編; 世織書房; 1000円;
699.21;05029132;4-902163-15-2</p>
<p>７．芸術</p>
<p>クルドの星 下<br>
安彦良和著; チクマ秀版社; 1600円; 726.1; 05028082;4-8050-0437-1</p>
<p><br>
原爆＝写真論 「網膜の戦争」をめぐって<br>
鈴城雅文著; 窓社; 2200円; 740.4; 05028861; 4-89625-077-X</p>
<p>
リトルボーイ 爆発する日本のサブカルチャー・アート<br>
村上隆編著; ジャパン・ソサエティー
/カイカイキキ;11000円; T708.7; 05028890; 4-939148-19-X</p>
<p>モーツァルト魔法のオペラ<br>
アニー・パラディ著; 白水社; 4200円;
766.1;05028897;4-560-02661-0</p>
<p>ポップミュージックで社会科<br>
細見和之著; みすず書房; 1300円; 767.8; 05028954; 4-622-08304-3</p>
<p>９．文学</p>
<p>原子野からの旅立ち<br>
女子パウロ会編; 女子パウロ会; 2000円;
916;05028041;4-7896-0595-7</p>
<p>後藤新平伝 未来を見つめて生きた明治人<br>
星亮一著; 平凡社; 1800円; 913.6; 05028153; 4-582-83268-7</p>
<p>日本詞華集<br>
西郷信綱編; 未来社; 6800円; 911.08; 05028255; 4-624-60103-3</p>
<p>
朗唱漢詩漢文 よみがえる日本語のひびき心に残る名詩名句77 第3集<br>
全国漢文教育学会編; 東洋館出版社; 1300円;
921;05028307;4-491-02093-0</p>
<p>地上生活者 第1部 北方から来た愚者<br>
李恢成著; 講談社; 2500円; 913.6; 05028734; 4-06-212748-2</p>
<p><br>
地上生活者 第2部 未成年の森<br>
李恢成著; 講談社; 2500円; 913.6; 05029056; 4-06-212749-0</p>
<p>文庫</p>
<p>ねじの回転<br>
ヘンリー・ジェイムズ著; 新潮社; 438円;
B933.7;05027717;4-10-204102-8</p>
<p>古事記注釈 第2巻<br>
西郷信綱著; 筑摩書房; 1100円; B913.2; 05028804; 4-480-08912-8</p>
<p>声と現象<br>
ジャック・デリダ著; 筑摩書房; 1300円;
B134.95;05028811;4-480-08922-5</p>
<p>不思議の国の論理学<br>
ルイス・キャロル著; 筑摩書房; 950円;
B410.79;05028813;4-480-08923-3</p>
<p>宗教は国家を超えられるか 近代日本の検証<br>
阿満利麿著; 筑摩書房; 950円; B210.6; 05028820; 4-480-08919-5</p>
<p>日本人の目玉<br>
福田和也著; 筑摩書房; 1200円; B910.26; 05028821; 4-480-08921-7</p>
<p>完本美空ひばり<br>
竹中労著; 筑摩書房; 780円; B767.8; 05028824; 4-480-42088-6</p>
<p>不屈のために 階層・監視社会をめぐるキーワード<br>
斎藤貴男著; 筑摩書房; 740円; B304; 05028830; 4-480-42093-2</p>
<p>東京の戦争<br>
吉村昭著; 筑摩書房; 500円; B914.6; 05028855; 4-480-42096-7</p>
<p>雷電本紀<br>
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IsLifeWorth? 9.11犠牲者への補償はいかに算定されたか</p>
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<p><font size="4"><font color="#FF6600">What
IsLifeWorth?</font> 9.11犠牲者への補償はいかに算定されたか<br></font>**CalculatingtheIncalculablein
the Aftermath of Sept. 11</p>
<p>WHAT IS LIFE WORTH?<br>
The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11<br>
By Kenneth R. Feinberg<br>
213 pages. PublicAffairs. $24.<br></p>
<p>By WILLIAM GRIMES<br>
Published: June 15, 2005<br>
Less than three months after the World Trade Center
collapsed,aWashingtonlawyer, Kenneth R. Feinberg, was handed a highly unusual
job. Inaneffort toprop up the airline industry, Congress had passed
theAirTransportation Safetyand System Stabilization Act. Along with
loanguarantees,the new law calledfor a special fund to compensate victims of
the9/11 attacks.The amount of thecompensation, and who qualified for it, would
bedecided by anall-powerfulofficial known in legal language as a special
master.Mr. Feinberg,a mediatorbest known for resolving the Agent Orange
class-actionsuit, got thenod.</p>
<p>Forum: Book News and Reviews<br>
In "What Is Life Worth?" Mr. Feinberg offers a valuable
first-personaccountofthe 9/11 compensation fund and its workings. He makes
clear, forthefirsttime, exactly how peculiar the law governing the fund was,
andtheenormousdifficulties, ethical and practical, that resulted from
itsambiguouslanguageand hastily written guidelines.</p>
<p>"Never before had a government offered individuals millions
ofdollarsintax-free compensation for a tragic loss," Mr. Feinberg
writes."Andneverbefore had government funds been so unregulated. There
wasnoearmarkedcongressional appropriation limiting the size of
awardsorconstraining mydiscretion. My budget was unlimited; the payouts
wouldbedetermined only by mypersonal judgment and experience." In the
end,Mr.Feinberg would award morethan $7 billion to 5,560 victims
andfamilymembers.</p>
<p>The compensation fund was a strange blend of compassion
andcoldcalculation.Washington's lawmakers wanted to express, in dollars,
thenation'ssense ofoutrage and grief. Thousands of innocent people had died on
thefrontlines of anew war.</p>
<p>But the government also wanted to head off an onslaught
ofpersonalinjurylawsuits that could throw the airline industry into
turmoil.Thecompensationfund was a giant bet, with public money, that most
victimswouldforfeit theirright to sue, and avoid the uncertainties of a court
case,ifoffered thecertainty of a reasonable award. It was up to Mr. Feinberg
tomakethe bet payoff.</p>
<p>It was not easy. Legal precedent offered little help because,
asthebook'ssubtitle suggests, there had never been anything quite like
the9/11fund. Mr.Feinberg, in casting about for useful guideposts, consulted
theBible.At onepoint he talked things over with a prominent rabbi, who
offeredsagecounsel:sometimes life offers no easy answers.</p>
<p>The wording of the statute put Mr. Feinberg in anethicallydifficultposition.
By law, he was required to calibrate awardsaccording tothefinancial worth of
the deceased victim. Unavoidably, the specialmaster,incarrying out the law,
would appear to be making morallyrepugnantdistinctions,telling the wife of a
fireman, for example, that herhusband wasworth lessthan a stockbroker.</p>
<p>Mr. Feinberg created his own ethical difficulties, too. The fund,
inhismind,should be "compassionate and generous but not profligate."
Onlythosevictims whoreceived hospital treatment within 72 hours of the
Sept.11attacks, and whoreceived their injuries in the vicinity of the
WorldTradeCenter or thePentagon, could apply for compensation. "If we
permittedJerseyCity residentswho inhaled the dust and debris to be eligible,
wecouldanticipate millions ofadditional cases," Mr. Feinberg writes.</p>
<p>Spouses and children, but not parents, would be eligible
forcompensation.Nomoney would be awarded for mental injury or emotional
trauma.This, Mr.Feinbergsays, was a tough call but a necessary one to head off
a runon theUnitedStates Treasury. "I envisioned five million New Yorkers
filingclaims,as wellas the millions of additional Americans and foreigners
whowatched thedisasterunfold on television," he writes. Heroism, even when
welldocumented,would notentitle anyone to extra money. "My goal was to
minimizedistinctionsamongclaimants, not maximize them," Mr. Feinberg explains.
"Heroismby allwaspresumed."</p>
<p>Not surprisingly, Mr. Feinberg took a lot of heat (especially
inNewYork),even though he accepted no pay for his work. Outraged
familymembersattackedhim in public meetings. "I spit on you and your children,"
afireman'swidowshouted at him at one meeting. Some accused him of
administeringa programofhush-money payments. The fund, in this view, was
intended to headofflawsuitsthat might lead to embarrassing revelations about
thegovernment'sfailure toanticipate 9/11. A class-action lawsuit was filed
byfamilies ofemployees atCantor Fitzgerald accusing Mr. Feinberg
ofarbitrarilyshortchanginghigh-income victims. The suit was dismissed.</p>
<p>Mr. Feinberg took the high road. The most engaging,emotionallyrewardingpages
in "What Is Life Worth?" describe his gruelingefforts to maketheseemingly
inscrutable, arbitrary compensation processtransparentandaccessible by holding
endless public meetings around the countryandarrangingprivate meetings,
sometimes as many as a dozen a day, with victimsandtheirfamilies.</p>
<p>Mr. Feinberg confesses that he was unprepared for the
emotionalexperienceofcounseling angry or grieving relatives. Often he was
thrust intobitterfamilysquabbles. In the early days of administering the fund,
headdressedaudiencesin a lawyerly, just-the-facts style that struck
manylisteners, hewrites, as"brusque and callous."</p>
<p>With time, he relied more on his powers of sympathy. Mostly,
helistened,andhe has included moving accounts of the stories he heard.
Heexplained andheencouraged, and gradually, he won the day. Thanks to
alast-minute floodofapplications, the 9/11 fund, which seemed to be teetering
onthe edgeoffailure, attracted 97 percent of those eligible for
compensation.</p>
<p>That does not make it a good idea. "Despite its success, I would
notusethefund as a model in the event of future attacks," Mr.
Feinbergconcludes.The9/11 attacks were a special case, he argues. It is bad
publicpolicy toholdout the promise that the government will compensate
citizensformisfortunes -to act, as he puts it, "as an insurer of last resort."
IfCongressdecides tohand out awards in the event of a terrorist attack,
however,itshould make thesame payment to everyone, regardless of
economicworth.Compassion iswonderful. But egalitarianism is, too.</p>
<p>TITLE:Calculating the Incalculable in the Aftermath of Sept. 11
-NewYorkTimes<br>
DATE:2005/06/14 11:25<br>
<a href=
"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/books/15grim.html">URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/books/15grim.html</a>?</p>
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