What Is Life Worth?: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Fund and Its Effort to Compensate the Victims of S
by Kenneth Feinberg
Just eleven days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress created the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. But in its haste, Congress provided very few guidelines as to how the funds should be distributed, and no limit on the in size. Instead it asked a single individual, Kenneth Feinberg, to do the impossible: calculate the dollar value of over 5,500 dead and injured in the w...(more)