Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The handover of power in France

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Signs of the times: Hollande Sworn In as President of France "Mr. Hollande, the seventh president of the Fifth Republic, was accompa...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

In 100 years (my predictions)

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Ignacio Palacios-Huerta is editing a volume, In 100 Years , inspired by Keynes' 1930 essay, "Economic Possibilities of our Grandch...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

More on the market for economists: Harvard matters

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David Warsh discusses comings and goings at Harvard's Economics department, with particular attention to economic history: History Matters
Sunday, May 13, 2012

Mother's Day unraveling

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HT: Joshua Gans

Bone marrow registries

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The NY Times reports on an effort to start a bone marrow registry in Nigeria, and to increase donation among African Americans: Finding a Ma...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Compensation for bone marrow donors, continued

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The latest in the controversy over compensation for bone marrow donors is that the government's petition for a rehearing has been denie...
Friday, May 11, 2012

New Orleans school choice goes live

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Recovery School District says new pupil enrollment system is getting the job done The state-run district that governs most of the public...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

There's a market for economists

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The WSJ takes note: Battle for Academic Economists Is Heating Up
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A belt plus suspenders for North Carolina on same sex marriage, while Obama comes out (in favor)

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When is a repugnant transaction doubly repugnant? When a State that has a law against it passes a constitutional amendment against it, just ...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

How not to communicate about kidney exchange

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Kidney exchange , aka kidney paired donation is a great opportunity, but it has to be communicated to patients and donors. The state of the ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Unraveling of the second year summer associate market: derailed on the fast track

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The meltdown of the law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has consequences for the lawyers they hired years in advance. Here's a story about the ...
Monday, May 7, 2012

American economic association finances; legacy of Mark Perlman

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An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the finances of academic professional societies brings back fond memories of my la...
Sunday, May 6, 2012

Same-sex divorce: A predictable repugnant transaction?

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A same sex couple who got married in California when same-sex marriages were briefly legal there, wants to get divorced in Maryland, where t...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Dress exchange

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Joshua Gans points out to me that now there's a dress exchange  called 99dresses.comhttp://www.99dresses.com/ (which seems less complic...
Friday, May 4, 2012

School choice in Denver: early reports

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Denver has rolled out its new school choice system, and here are some news stories about the results: DPS school choice program accommodat...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

MIT celebrates Parag Pathak

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Game theory, in the real world: MIT economist Parag Pathak engineers practical solutions to complicated education problems ... In 2003...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Facebook promotes deceased organ donation

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Facebook Is Urging Members to Add Organ Donor Status " The company announced a plan on Tuesday morning to encourage everyone on Faceb...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The NSF celebrates kidney exchange

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Over at Science Nation , the NSF  published a short news article yesterday, together with a video , to  note the success of NSF funded res...
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Monday, April 30, 2012

Who gets what in medical resident matching

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Here's a paper that reports on the many residency positions filled outside of the match, in large part by graduates of foreign medical s...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Home exchanges

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In the WSJ, a retired California couple discuss the (approaching three dozen) home exchanges they have done, bartering a stay at their San ...
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