Virginia Postrel, who donated a kidney to a non-relative, explains why well-intentioned laws and policies precluding any incentives for kidney donation other than altruism are actually killing tens of thousands of kidney patients a year. (Via Pajamas Media)
Listen carefully: It is not enough that a law or policy be well-intentioned. If its actual effect is to sentence tens of thousands of people to premature death, the law must be changed.
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