Leverage Factor
| Project | Cost | Real world outcome | Outcome estimates | Economic value in Western terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solve cancer | $100-200b | prevent 90m DALY/year (WHO Global Burden of Disease 2015) | guess 20-40 times annual cancer research budget; 29,000 "cancer OR malignant" titled papers in PubMed for 2007; $170k/paper according to Lewison; capitalize costs over 20 years | $160t |
Leverage Factor
800 - 1,500