Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Capitalisn't conversation on kidneys and repugnance with Luigi Zingales and Kate Waldock

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Here's a podcast and transcript of a conversation I had recently  with Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales on the Chicago Booth Capitalisn&...
Monday, July 9, 2018

Explaining plasma donation

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In recent posts I've commented on the repugnance (in Canada and elsewhere) to paid plasma donation, which is legal in the U.S.. (The U....
Sunday, July 8, 2018

Chen Yusun Memorial Lecture at Tsinghua. 陈岱孙纪念讲座

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Monday, at Tsinghua University I'll have the honor of delivering the Chen Daisun Memorial Lecture,  陈岱孙纪念讲座 From Google translate...
Saturday, July 7, 2018

Tsinghua Conference on Behavioral, Experimental and Theoretical Economics (BEAT), July 9-10

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Tsinghua Conference on Behavioral, Experimental and Theoretical Economics ( Tsinghua BEAT 2018 ) July 9-10, 2018 Keynote speaker...
Friday, July 6, 2018

Market design comes to Harvard Law School

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Here's a piece from the Harvard Law Bulletin that caught my eye: Holger Spamann brings new thinking to the structure of his class and ...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

Is altruism necessarily good?

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That's basically the question asked, in the context of organ donation, by this paper in the BMJ: Law, ethics and medicine Paper How...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Compensation for kidney donors debated in WSJ

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Familiar positions, clearly stated, pro and con compensation for donors. There are other reasons put forward for not rewarding organ donat...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Obstacles to kidney exchange in Germany

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An op-ed in yesterday's Handelsblatt Global (in English) proposes that kidney exchange should be allowed in Germany: Germany should al...
Monday, July 2, 2018

Kidney exchange in all its aspects: a view from India

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Here's a survey that sees kidney exchange, and all the advances that have been made in how to use it to facilitate more transplants, as...
Sunday, July 1, 2018

Ariel Pakes gives the Arrow Lecture in Jerusalem

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If you're in Jerusalem tomorrow, you have a chance to hear Ariel Pakes' Arrow Lecture: 17:00-18:00 Ariel Pakes , Arrow lecture: ...