The Economics of Death: Crash Course Econ #30
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Tony
All of these prices were higher in 2017 (when my Mom passed) and again still higher in 2018 (when my Dad passed. Having the burial plot dug cost $400 in 2017, now in 2018 it cost $500. Everything else has gone up in kind. So, one; you need a plan for retirement (No mortgage payments, no car payments, things to do, places to go, people to talk with, monies to use, healthy life, two; you need a life insurance policy (that you never cash out or borrow from, three; you need a legal and signed 'will' (that family and lawyers know about and where it is located, four; you need a funeral plan with family involved (this is not easy, but it needs to be done. These need to be planned and done. The earlier you do them in life, the MUCH better off you and you family will be!
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All of these prices were higher in 2017 (when my Mom passed) and again still higher in 2018 (when my Dad passed. Having the burial plot dug cost $400 in 2017, now in 2018 it cost $500. Everything else has gone up in kind. So, one; you need a plan for retirement (No mortgage payments, no car payments, things to do, places to go, people to talk with, monies to use, healthy life, two; you need a life insurance policy (that you never cash out or borrow from, three; you need a legal and signed 'will' (that family and lawyers know about and where it is located, four; you need a funeral plan with family involved (this is not easy, but it needs to be done. These need to be planned and done. The earlier you do them in life, the MUCH better off you and you family will be!
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TheRayfield77
At what point are we going to run out of land to bury people in?
I've always thought New Orleans does it best. They can't bury anyone due to all the flooding (it actually brings the buried bodies back up. eww. So what they did was construct all these concrete sarcophagus. Well these things can get hot during the day, especially a southern summer day. So they naturally cremate the bodies over a period of years, I think I heard about 5 years but don't hold me to that. So you skip the cost of fuel and intense energy it takes to reduce a body to ash instantly. Makes the most sense to me.
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At what point are we going to run out of land to bury people in?
I've always thought New Orleans does it best. They can't bury anyone due to all the flooding (it actually brings the buried bodies back up. eww. So what they did was construct all these concrete sarcophagus. Well these things can get hot during the day, especially a southern summer day. So they naturally cremate the bodies over a period of years, I think I heard about 5 years but don't hold me to that. So you skip the cost of fuel and intense energy it takes to reduce a body to ash instantly. Makes the most sense to me.
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Joel
Thank you so much for the work you do it helps so many people understand so many concepts, here's one. STOP subconsciously telling me that old white people getting lied to about their wine prices is -happiness- seriously get some diversity in your videos it's very Caucasian. I feel like you know it and still do it.
Dont take it from me, or dont take it from the lips of anyone, CC, you put yourself in the shoes of anyone whom you aren't. If you need help LMK its imagination and its something you have stumbled upon, but not dug deep.
CE Mazatl
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Thank you so much for the work you do it helps so many people understand so many concepts, here's one. STOP subconsciously telling me that old white people getting lied to about their wine prices is -happiness- seriously get some diversity in your videos it's very Caucasian. I feel like you know it and still do it.
Dont take it from me, or dont take it from the lips of anyone, CC, you put yourself in the shoes of anyone whom you aren't. If you need help LMK its imagination and its something you have stumbled upon, but not dug deep.
CE Mazatl
Ce Atl Tonalli
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Prabhu
I really like this episode because economics counts every body even after death. It is wise to accept and get prepared for death that nobody could escape. Yup most of the families worry about funeral expenses than grieving. Well said -
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I really like this episode because economics counts every body even after death. It is wise to accept and get prepared for death that nobody could escape. Yup most of the families worry about funeral expenses than grieving. Well said -
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Emily
my Mama just passed, and I am a young teen. Death is such a reality. Especially since my dad is having to pay the funeral expenses, and the debt of two weeks in ICU, the affect that death has on the economy has become very real to me.
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my Mama just passed, and I am a young teen. Death is such a reality. Especially since my dad is having to pay the funeral expenses, and the debt of two weeks in ICU, the affect that death has on the economy has become very real to me.
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education
Hey I am not 18-35 and love crash course!
Cremate or freeze me and turn me into mulch!
Down take up valuable resources, be come a biological or environmental hazard.
Back to the earth and out of the way!
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Hey I am not 18-35 and love crash course!
Cremate or freeze me and turn me into mulch!
Down take up valuable resources, be come a biological or environmental hazard.
Back to the earth and out of the way!
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Riccardo
Corpses should just be burnt as soon as possible and the ashes be put in the ocean or in a forest: fancy cerimonies won't make it easier or better for living people and dead one are dead, so they can't care anymore
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Corpses should just be burnt as soon as possible and the ashes be put in the ocean or in a forest: fancy cerimonies won't make it easier or better for living people and dead one are dead, so they can't care anymore
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Ice
Damn, our co-host leaves and she is already talking about how we should die to improve the economy. I get it I am also sad he left to Canada and we will miss him but. Good Lord, this is grimdark.
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Damn, our co-host leaves and she is already talking about how we should die to improve the economy. I get it I am also sad he left to Canada and we will miss him but. Good Lord, this is grimdark.
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160p2GHz
Can I leave my assets to someone I've never met? Because if I die in the next 20 years I'd like to leave my considerable student debt to Jeff Bezos.
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Can I leave my assets to someone I've never met? Because if I die in the next 20 years I'd like to leave my considerable student debt to Jeff Bezos.
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Vladimir
When I die I want to be either freezed cryogenically or have my ashes go to space, maybe to Mars if it will be possible, Venus also works.
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When I die I want to be either freezed cryogenically or have my ashes go to space, maybe to Mars if it will be possible, Venus also works.
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