Word: donors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wanted $4,400, so they did a deal. What's more, it seems like an advantageous deal all around. The buyer avoided a lifetime of dialysis. The seller provided crucial help to his child, at minimum risk to himself. (According to the Economist, the chance of a kidney donor's dying as a result of the loss...
...Another socialist philosopher, Richard Titmuss, wrote a famous book two decades ago called The Gift Relationship, extolling the virtues of donated blood over purchased blood and, by extension, the superiority of sharing over commerce. Whatever you may think of Titmuss's larger point, the appeal of the blood-donor system as a small testament to our shared humanity is undeniable. Perhaps we should do more to encourage organ donation at death for the same reason. On the other hand, however cozy and egalitarian it might seem, a system that supplied all the kidneys we need through voluntary donation would...
...East Asia has dropped to one-third of what it was in 1975, when George Bush left his post as head of the U.S. liaison office in Beijing. Japan, meanwhile, has increased its overall foreign-aid program tenfold, and is now the No. 1 net donor. One-third of the U.S.'s total foreign trade is with East Asia, yet nearly two-thirds of its staggering $137.3 billion trade deficit originates there. That imbalance is nearly 20 times as severe today...
Individuals and corporations in West Germany have donated $5 million, with American contributions accounting for the rest, Walsh said. He said the primary donor was Werner Otto, the founder of the world's largest mail-order company, for whom the wing will be named...
...been successful in expanding Japan's role as a global philanthropist. Among the signs: a planned 7.8% increase in Japan's foreign-aid budget. The growth will lift Japanese overseas assistance to $9.6 billion for fiscal 1989, and should propel Japan past the U.S. as the world's top donor...