People here dont have a clue about feminism but there are women who want to instigate change in everyday life for justice and equality. Under the skin pressures women starts november thirteenth d. W. Meaning. When we talk about rich people we often say shes worth one hundred million when disaster strikes we say the tragedy has cost more than one hundred lives the workforce of a company is often described as Human Capital wealth cost capital our language shows it we put a value on ourselves what is the value of a human being can we put
a number to it and if so what is that number how can it be quantified and is the same figure for everyone thats what were talking about today on made in germany the value of human me the value of a human life. But turns out there are various ways to calculate a persons worth its just a question of the stale use if you look at by a mosque for example you and i dont add up to much but if you apply different scale you could be worth millions. Whats a human being worth. Well if you break down the body its about sixty six percent water twenty percent carbon six percent oxygen and two percent all told the elements in the human body are worth about ten year of us. The body also contains some gold nickel and copper but in trace amounts too small to calculate so
in chemical terms a human is no more valuable than fish meat or autumn leaves in terms of organs however the body is a gold mine theyre worth an estimated one point seven Million Euros. On the black market that is whether the donor would see any of that some is another matter some peoples body parts are worth even more. A Soccer Player cristiana rinaldo his legs for example are insured for one hundred forty Million Euros lets look at productivity as a measure. The term Human Capital was coined by a columnists to describe the economic value of human capacities. To some the term has connotations of slavery to others it reflects a Progressive Idea of employees as capital rather than expense what about
dependence and compensation how much can dependents be compensated if you lose your life in an accident or a disaster well that varies. The family of a policeman who died in the nine eleven Terror Attacks was paid Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand dollars in federal compensation. But the family of a stockbroker who perished received six Million Dollars on the grounds that the stockbroker earned more and would have continued to do so loss of future earnings in other words thats how capitalism works. And humans emotional words Insurance Companies cant put a price tag on that only our loved ones can. Now some people actually have made it that business to calculate a human beings worth because after a disaster for example a plane crash or a car accident any incident that costs Human Life Compensation is often paid by
those responsible to the relatives of the victims that money has to be fairly distributed and that is what Kenneth Feinberg specializes in he spoke to our reporter lisa have when you say you cant value a life with money you have a better idea this is how you compensate this is how you provide assistance to an innocent victim. The stockbroker who gets hit by an automobile right here in washington will get his family will get more money then the waiter or the busboy who gets struck. Down talk to me time and again dispute resolution expert Kenneth Feinberg has called in when a catastrophe has claimed many victims and lots of Compensation Money is at stake calculating the value of a life it might be one of the most unenviable task in the world. Feinbergs
most high profile case so far involves the nine eleven Terrorist Attacks which killed nearly Three Thousand people in two thousand and one. Feinberg was responsible for administering the money from the u. S. Federal governments september Eleventh Victim Compensation Fund but who was to get it and how much how do you calculate what a life is worth what would the victim have and overall work life but for nine eleven and something for pain and suffering Emotional Distress is the award what you need as a Calculating Machine not a law degree. Sounds pretty cold isnt that system completely unfair i agree that its unfair but everything about these funds is unfair whats fair about telling somebody well you lost just sista well give you three million
dollars because with calculated your sisters Life Earnings i mean dont expect people in grief emotionally vulnerable dont expect them ever to say mr feinberg thank you. As Compensation Fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg had sole discretion to decide who was eligible and how much theyd receive. It was a lot of power in the hands of one man. In germany bereaved families all get the same amount. After the Boston Marathon bombing he was in charge of administering about eighty Million Dollars. For the Deepwater Horizon Oil rig explosion in the Gulf Of Mexico he distributed Twenty BillionDollars Feinberg says interacting with the suffering families is the hard part i initially in nine eleven assume and im
a lawyer ill approach this as a lawyer would approach big mistake. I should have approached it like in the Boston Marathon as a rabbi or a priest or a psychiatrist when i take on one of this assignment gracious self of the emotional Tsunami Feinberg has awarded compensation to thousands of surviving dependents that hasnt only made him friends the biggest criticism is that he has too much power without transparency and hes also been well compensated during the deepwater horizon Settlement Oil company b. P. Paid his law firm over a Million Dollars a month in nine eleven i worked for the Victims Congress passed a law that i was working to help the victims and i did that pro bono patriotic you could get paid for that in b. P. There was a dispute i was paid
a lot of people complained that even though i was independent i was really in the back pocket of b. P. The way you overcome that is by getting very generous money out the door was insured ken feinbergs work is far more than a job its become a calling if the president of the United States calls and says can you know how to do this we need you were going to tell him im busy i cant do it. Not comfortable. Youre a citizen you want to get back to the country. You do it. Well one way to determine a persons worth is very simple just take a look at that persons paycheck the value of your labor as one key measure of your was some countries define a lower limit on the value of your labor thats the minimum wage but if you end up in prison for example you might end up losing
a lot of that value. The inmates at this present are hard at work from seven in the morning until three in the afternoon five days a week. In most german states work is compulsory in prisons. And our time said in germany Prison Inmates are in one to three year olds an hour or thats well below the legal minimum wage its the same here in this prison but is a system fair or our companies that outsource their manufacturing to prisons exploiting this cheap labor. Here at the plame affair are present in lower saxony about Two Hundred Seventy convicted criminals are held serving sentences ranging from months to years. Their cells measure just ten square meters. All of the inmates here work. We ask manuel how
much he earns. To feed im in wage bracket for i get the highest rate in thirteen your eyes five all fifteen of these are created by day yes its not much but its a bit more than what we get. On fin is that enough and no its not enough it could be more every month its just never anonymous before. He works thirty five and a half hours a week. And earns Three Hundred Euros a month. So just over two year as an hour. On the regular labor market the minimum wage in germany is eight years eighty four an hour. Thats One Thousand Two Hundred Euros a month. That also allows for Pension Contributions. But Prison Inmates are officially excluded from the National Pension system. I have a meeting with Prison Director on of even. The minimum wage doesnt apply to Prison Inmates thats a political decision i dont need to comment on that. But as a person director i can tell you that if the National Minimum wage applied here we probably wouldnt have any work here at all to shift its important for the person or staff something constructive to do just imagine if they had to spend seven days a week in their cells with only a few hours a day of activities for exercise we see a lot more on rust and aggression from the shift. But its also clear that outside companies are benefiting from the ready source of cheap labor the authorities here wont tell me which companies are working with us present. Nationwide the firms outsourcing work to prisons include the nod and the seat. And dima. We want to know how these companies justify this massive undercutting of the minimum wage. Most of those contacted gave a similar answers. It helps with rehabilitation and reintegration into society they say. Companies simply pass the buck believing theyre not responsible for the low wages. Its a political question. Say a decision for lawmakers. In twenty seventeen German Companies paid over one hundred sixty Million Euros for work done in the countrys prisons. I dont tell you about it one businessman has hes cheap prison labor as competition is quite buycott he says outsourced production in prisons is destroying his business. Tycoon
has a Packaging Company based near Hanover Business used to be good and he had sixty employees now its just him and his wife hes lost one customer after another. You say prisons are unfair competition why. Some companies ive spoken to have told me outright that i just cant manufacture as cheaply as the prisons can. I can only speak on my line of business which is packaging where the ratio is about one to three. Isnt as it so youre three times as expensive as present. Right so of course im out of the running to put it bluntly theyre using convicted criminals to work for them at rates that are criminal on the free market if you dont pay the minimum wage and you dont pay Pension Contributions and v. A. T. Then youre taken to court and penalized i dont see how youre helping someone
reintegrate into society if youre basically exploiting them. His frustration is clear after all its his livelihood thats at stake. The prisoners can make purchases with their wages but their money doesnt go very far Young Christian has been behind bars since early this year. I have forty one year olds left after ive paid my share of the electricity and other bills on the phone fortunately i dont drink Coffee Coffee here is very expensive which is hard for people who need both coffee and cigarettes. How much do you have left after that. Just enough to get through the month. Hes also required to put the money aside for when he gets out. As a stand this to whats more important to him passing the time or earning money. For
me personally its more about making my time here go faster than earning a wage but its hard to compare the two you cant really compare them because of course you want to have some money too. So the wage is just as important in a way but right now its more about passing the time with the gives me a better job i. After a days work the prisoners go back to their sounds as for me my work day is over till. Im left feeling grateful for my freedom and for being able to choose the work that. This painting here that you see here behind me sold for four hundred fifty Million Dollars last year it was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci school sold out on monday and is the most expensive piece of art ever sold you know not of himself was not
a poor man but the value of his works only rose a tsunami Clee Hundreds of years after his death this is the same as many artists live today in precarious circumstances and the capricious art market puts little value on an artists current life. Thank. You. Its. The attack its. Just always there and i think painting is the right place for someone who is both sensitive and ruthless and someone who doesnt care if they make their parents happy and more if they are in money within them it. Says. Danielle as singer covers plastic films in painters and creates collages with them. A single work can take him weeks to complete sometimes even months. Old. And financially i never look past next months you know not sometimes ok and sometimes less so kind of what it means no holidays away but the threat of a poverty and old age. Then the one in the the rewards of painting or in painting itself so yeah having the freedom to live our lives such a way that we devote ourselves to find our fulfillment in it theres an ecstasy and joy in that and in doing the right thing pointing to the sky pond. Contracts and bells financial matters can track you back to earth as an artist life is usually
hunting mouth for all those who cant crack the commercial side of the art world and daniel has problems with the notion of marketing himself and money his paintings cost upwards of Fifteen Hundred Euros a piece he usually only sells five or six in a year and often need State Welfare to supplement his income. The german capital has become a magnet for artists from all over the world. But a few artists do make it big like those who exhibit at one of the eigen plus part
galleries. Overt get have a look represent some of the biggest names in german contemporary art like neo im just a moment so the best thing as a young artist is to open your own gallery or several join together to do it. We dont take on new artists are such little and its more a case of dont call us well call you with all things. If something catches the teams attention or if one of our artists says hey check this out as well then we check it out. But we dont have time to look through all the applications that are right here. Does it fit dont we all the freedom to create the art he wants is more important than profiting from it so far he sold his pictures more or less by chance to Friends Family and a few collected here for. The freedom to do what i want my son is the most precious thing i have of course pastor and so im willing to accept
necessarily compete with the others like this everyone else does. Nothing is ever for free not even death because that will cost you your life and then some here in germany dying will set you back up to Six Thousand Euros and theres a thriving business around everything mortal by colleagues of mine took a closer look at the business of death. As was no mean ive never really thought much about coffee and. Definitely not. Pine wood individually decorated coolness of rectangular walnut birch. Italian style solid wood which i like. Most of the coffins here cost
between one and Three Thousand euros. Less that is not crucial if i were picking one for my own burial id be asking how much am i worth. Or if its for one of my loved ones what are they worth to me should i shell out one two or Three Thousand euros and cards when i have not had to ask myself that question so far but its one that everyone probably has to ask at some point. What are we worth when we die. This funeral home has been dealing with death since Eight Hundred Sixty One fabiani lensing who heads the Family Business says the funeral ive picked would cost three and a half Thousand Euros the price reflects not just the coffin and the flowers ive chosen but also the fact that lensing is available around the clock. As its misconstrued with sometimes we spend five hours with a client and discussing all the details that we might work on the text for the deaf announcement or on the decorations of the Funeral Service the music there are lots of details and i think you can only do them justice by discussing them in person. Because anything is pretty good i just. Undertakers are often criticised for charging too much the bereaved tend not to haggle. But the p. R. Involved says his company can offer funerals thirty percent cheaper with no hidden costs the Berlin Startup has raised millions from inves