Their Gradgrindian logic is off-putting, but also mind-opening
nooks under a man’s foreskin are a cosy spot for microbes. These can inflame the surrounding skin, helping viruses such asto spread. In places where the disease is common and treatment is patchy, removing foreskins can be a cost-effective way to fight it. In parts of Africa, the benefits of circumcising adolescents can outweigh the costs by about 10 to 1, according to the Copenhagen Consensus Centre , a think-tank. The ratio rises above 40 to 1 in the worst-hit countries.
This cost is even harder to stomach when evaluating policies across borders. The same unflinching logic that allows economists to put a dollar figure on a life in a rich country obliges them to put a lower one on a life in a poor country. That breaches another sacred principle: that all lives are equal. How can economists justify their impiety?
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