Horsemeat, Prostitution and Kidney Sales, interview by Peter Coy

 Peter Coy interviewed me about Moral Economics for his substack Economics for Everyone.

You can find the video and the transcript at this link: 

Horsemeat, Prostitution and Kidney Sales  by Peter Coy 
"Nobel laureate Al Roth tackles them all in a fine new book. I interviewed him."

"I asked Roth if he’s a libertarian, since libertarians say people should be free to do what they want as long as it doesn’t hurt others. No, Roth told me.

“People who call themselves libertarians often don’t like market regulation of any sort, but I’m a market designer,” Roth said. “I think that good regulations help markets work well.”

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 Peter C. interviewd me once before:

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Kidney exchange (and other bits of market design) in the New York Times

" Peter Coy, the veteran New York Times economics columnist, writes about kidney exchange, after an interview/conversation sparked by a recent working paper of mine, Market Design and Maintenance. (He's a rare economic journalist who reads economists' papers.)

Here's his column, published yesterday afternoon:

The Economist Who Helped Patients Get New Kidneys, Feb. 5, 2024, 3:00 p.m. ET, By Peter Coy

He's also a rare interviewer: his column includes the names of more of my coauthors than I can recall in any other interview. In order of appearance: Tayfun Sonmez and Utku Unver, Frank Delmonico, Susan Saidman, Mike Rees (implicitly) when he names Mike's nonprofit Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation, and Elliott Peranson.  Market design is, after all, a team sport."