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Ed Hacker: Stepfather
Mom: Died a few years ago and she loved to talk with her son through phone.
This american life
It's like an injustice that he's getting this treatment and not her, and I keep trying to square it somehow. But when I put this to Ed, he basically said it's really not that big a mystery.
Ed Hacker
Kind of obvious that if one parent dies, you realize that the other one may not be that far off, that he will go too, or she. So you know, the scarcity, just like in economics, makes the value go up.
1Q: I think 'far off' means that she or he cannot live that long after their spouse death. Am I right?
2Q: 'he will go too' means that he will go to the death too. right?
3Q: What does 'scarcity' means here? what become scarcity?
4Q: makes the value go up? what?
Thanks a lot!
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Ed Hacker: Stepfather
Mom: Died a few years ago and she loved to talk with her son through phone.
This american life
It's like an injustice that he's getting this treatment and not her, and I keep trying to square it somehow. But when I put this to Ed, he basically said it's really not that big a mystery.
Ed Hacker
Kind of obvious that if one parent dies, you realize that the other one may not be that far off, that he will go too, or she. So you know, the scarcity, just like in economics, makes the value go up.
1Q: I think 'far off' means that she or he cannot live that long after their spouse death. Am I right?
2Q: 'he will go too' means that he will go to the death too. right?
3Q: What does 'scarcity' means here? what become scarcity?
4Q: makes the value go up? what?
Thanks a lot!