Repugnant transactions on NPR's Hidden Brain (podcast)

I discuss repugnant transactions with Shankar Vedantam, who intersperses our conversation with audio clips of illustrative examples... He's an effective interviewer and editor.

For Sale, By Owner: The Psychology Of Repugnant Transactions

March 4, 2019 • You own your body. So should you be able to sell parts of it? This week, we explore the concept of "repugnant transactions" with the man who coined the term, Nobel Prize- winning economist Al Roth. He says repugnant transactions can range from selling organs to poorly-planned gift exchanges — and what's repugnant in one place and time is often not repugnant in another.