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How the AIDS crisis helped create a multibillion-dollar death-speculation market : Planet Money - NPR

Published by NPR By Vito Emanuel · 25 August 2026 at 13:30
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How the AIDS crisis helped create a multibillion-dollar death-speculation market : Planet Money - NPR
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Investors will buy your life insurance policy today — and collect the payout when you die.

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