It wasn't until I read the part underneath it, talking about what your first thought should be, that I realized that I actually was thinking about the fact that the individual organs sell for more than the complete body.
There are some car part companies that work along this scheme, they buy complete (new) cars, disassemble them and sell the parts at a discount compared to the official channel. It's a bit problematic because not all parts are equally wanted but on the whole it seems to work.
The writer doesn't take in to account that most of those organs have to be harvested within minutes of death and treated very carefully to make sure they are usable for a recipient. The observation is a funny one though, pity that in practice it doesn't work out.
Makes you wonder if you could bequeath the value of your harvest-able parts to your estate, organ donor-ship is for the most part a 'free' affair.
That's probably the entrepreneurship opportunity right there: bring in your dying relatives to try and get some cash out of them.
I guess the problem is that old people generally don't leave much usable stuff.
IIRC I think Iran has a functioning market for (some) body parts. There's an argument to be had for the creation of a regulated market, especially in kidneys. Because the black market is going to happen anyway.
