Some of the podcasts I participated in have or will come out this week, to mark the official publication of Moral Economics in the U.S. Here are those I became aware of yesterday. I suppose you could binge on them if you want (or sample them, or even buy the book and read it or listen to it yourself:)
Below, on YouTube is the podcast with Lawrence Krauss that was recast after being lost. (It's also on substack.)
"Alvin Roth is a Nobel Prizewinning Economist whose work on designing markets has had real world impacts that may have saved thousands of lives around the world, while arousing strong emotions both for and against the programs he has helped put in place. Clearly not one to shy away from controversy, he represents the best of what The Origins Project is trying to promote: applying science and reason to public policy. In short, connecting science and culture!
"Roth’s new book, which is fantastic, and comes out the same day this podcast is released deals with issues that often raise the public’s ire, from legalizing prostitution, to assisted suicide, and finally to a rational market for kidney transplants..."
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Here's my conversation with Yascha Mounk (there's also a transcript accompanying his podcast The Good Fight, at the link):
"In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Al Roth discuss the impact of moral disgust on solving economic problems, whether we should allow financial payments for organ donation, and what the rise of OnlyFans tells us about changing attitudes towards the self and economic transactions.
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And here's my conversation with Sean Carroll on his Mindscape podcast (with transcript):
Alvin Roth on the Economics of Morally Contested Markets
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