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World Bank pandemic bonds only paid out after death tolls passed a threshold. They’re part of a booming market where investors turn calamity into capital.
Susan Erikson explores the murky, ever-growing world of betting on catastrophe:
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-business-of-betting-on-catastrophe/
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