Market design in La Republica

 In anticipation of the Econometric Society meeting in Colombia later this month, I was interviewed by La Republica. The interview was in English, and is published in Spanish, but is fairly readable via Google Translate...)

"Migración será uno de los problemas más grandes del market design”: Alvin E. Roth

"Migration will be one of the biggest problems in market design": Alvin E. Roth

by Lilian Mariño Espinosa 

"The Universidad del Rosario, in its 367 years, has sought to be a pillar of knowledge, which is why it tends to generate spaces for dialogue that analyze and provide solutions to changes in society. In the midst of the current situation, in which the covid increased problems such as inequality, the institution will be the organizer of the Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (Lacea) and the Latin American chapter of the Econometric Society (Lames) , which will take place on October 20, 21 and 22, virtually.

"The event, which will feature policy makers, public and private officials and academics such as Alvin E. Roth, (from Stanford University and Nobel Prize in Economics in 2012), Pinelopi Goldberg (from Yale University and former Chief Economist of the Bank Mundial) and Oriana Bandiera (from the London School of Economics), will discuss and reflect on how Latin America can best cope with these difficulties, without losing sight of other economic challenges.

"As an appetizer for the event, at LR we spoke with Roth, who explained how market design can be an opportunity to solve several of the problems facing the region and the world..."