It costs a lot to die. Between healthcare bills, body disposition costs, funerary event expenses, and administrative duties, dying doesn’t come cheap, especially as the costs of living continue to swell  and wages stagnate. Simply being alive doesn’t leave folks with a lot of room to save for when they’ll die. It is little wonder then that people are turning to crowdfunding, the gift economy, and/or mutual aid to pay for end of life services. While these different structures approach the issues with different methods and even goals, they all aim to help temporarily alleviate the fiscal difficulties many face […]

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