Saturday, October 31, 2020

Why I have signed election day letters

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 I am a reluctant letter signer, but this election season I have signed two open letters.  My reluctance stems in part from the fact that, w...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Challenge trials for Covid-19 vaccine are being planned (and a recent NBER cost/benefit analysis)

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  Here's the NY Times: To Test Virus Vaccines, U.K. Study Will Intentionally Infect Volunteers--The hotly contested strategy of delibera...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Paying participants in challenge trials of Covid-19 vaccines, by Ambuehl, Ockenfels, and Roth

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  Here's a new short paper in Journal of Medical Ethics: (it's ungated, you can read it all at the link):  Payment in challenge stud...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Citizenship for sale

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  The Financial Times has the latest: Cyprus scandal exposes EU ‘golden passport’ problem  by  Michael Peel " No sooner had Cyprus move...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Auction of art from Jerusalem museum postponed at the last moment

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The Guardian has the latest: Auction for Jerusalem museum’s treasures postponed at last minute--Sotheby’s in London had been due to sell mor...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Vote! Here's another open letter, this one from business school professors

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  Open letters are in season, and I've signed another one.  You can too, at the link. It’s Time for America’s Business Leaders to Speak ...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

The Economist reflects on market designers as economic engineers, in celebration of the Milgrom-Wilson Nobel

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 Here is The Economist on Milgrom and Wilson: The Nobel prize in economics rewards advances in auction theory--For the third time since 2007...

Medically assisted dying and the U.S. Supreme Court

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 The Washington Post has the story: Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the future of physician-assisted suicide   by  Charles Lane "Barrett co...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

Medically assisted dying, at any age, in the Netherlands

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 The NY Times has the story: Netherlands to Allow Doctors to Help End Lives of Terminally Ill Children--Hugo de Jonge, the Dutch health mini...
Friday, October 23, 2020

Information for those in need of a kidney donor, from Harvey Mysel, founder of the Living Kidney Donors Network

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Here's an announcement from Harvey Mysel, the founder of the  Living Kidney Donors Network , about information available for people in n...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

Open letter by economists opposing re-election of current U.S. president

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  Open Letter: 690 Economists Oppose Trump's Re-Election Don't forget to vote. ******** update: 932 economists the last time I checked.

NBER market design meeting today through Saturday on Zoom

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The NBER market design conference is on Zoom this year, today through Saturday, starting each day at noon Eastern time (9am Pacific time).  ...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Ned Brooks interviews me at the National Kidney Donor Organization virtual conference (video)

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 For easy access, here's the video of my talk at the  National Kidney Donor Organization virtual conference , about which I blogged this...

National Kidney Donor Advocate Conference, on YouTube

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  Here's an announcement I received from Ned Brooks, the founder of    NKDO, National Kidney Donation Organization (formerly Donor to Do...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Surgery Grand Rounds at UCSF. "Kidneys and Controversies: Kidney Exchange Within and Across Borders" Oct 21 (7am PST)

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 Tomorrow at dawn I'll give a seminar to the surgeons at UCSF, about kidney exchange, and the controversies it has overcome, and is over...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Censoring repugnant words by algorithm

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  Some people like to say things that other people think they shouldn't say.  In the age of the internet, politeness can be (somewhat) a...
Sunday, October 18, 2020

Breast milk and the marketing of breast milk substitutes during the pandemic

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  Here's an article in the Lancet: Marketing of breastmilk substitutes during the COVID-19 pandemic by Christoffer van Tulleken, Charlo...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

Broad public support for challenge trials for Covid-19 vaccines

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 A broad based survey suggests that challenge trials are not generally regarded as repugnant. Broad Cross-National Public Support for Accele...
Friday, October 16, 2020

NRMP conference on Transition into Residency: Oct 16-17

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I'll be speaking   this morning at the opening session of the (virtual)  NRMP conference on Transition into Residency: Conversations A...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Frequent flier programs during the pandemic slowdown in air travel

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 It turns out that frequent flier programs get a lot of their income from credit cards that reward purchases with miles. So they are one of ...