Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States

by Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer

Book Overview

Life insurance--the promise of an insurer to pay a sum upon a person's death in exchange for a regular premium--is a bizarre enterprise. How can we monetize human life? Should we? What statistics do we use, what assumptions do we make, and what behavioral factors do we consider? First published in 1979, Morals and Markets Is a pathbreaking study exploring the development of life insurance in the United States. Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer combines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231183356
• ISBN13: 9780231183352
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher