tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post8855396359183180592..comments2023-11-02T08:55:35.510-07:00Comments on Market Design: The repugnance of paying for your raw materials: journalists and news storiesAl Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02232854038397912604noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-62285104355577602162015-06-29T06:27:16.435-07:002015-06-29T06:27:16.435-07:00In the context of kidneys, you've noted the ar...In the context of kidneys, you've noted the argument that there are non-financial forms of coercion and reciprocity that should be no less troubling than the pecuniary form; similarly I think certain venerable reporters have been played with information that has been heavily spun for non-pecuniary reasons as well.<br /><br />The analogy that favors the "ethical" standard -- the cynic in me finds it interesting how many professional "ethical" standards are essentially anti-competitive, incidentally -- is torture, in which a person being tortured has, at least in the short term, the same incentive to reveal false (or made-up) information as to reveal true information.dWjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072494989829344049noreply@blogger.com