Friday, May 8, 2026

It’s time to carefully but urgently rethink payments to kidney donors. My op-ed in the Washington Post

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 This morning the Washington Post published my op-ed online (which is scheduled to appear in the print edition on Sunday). 800 words is hard...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

The Right to Choose to Die. Alvin Roth interviewed by Tim Phillips 1 May 2026 (VoxTalks Economics)

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 Disputes about medical aid in dying are as contentious in Britain as in the US. Here's some discussion on VoxTalks Economics, in connec...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Peter Rousseau comments on our field experiment involving the Econ job market, in PNAS

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 My post yesterday was about the experiment about social media and the job market for economists.  I only noticed later that the PNAS also ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Social media, job market outcomes, and ethics of field experiments, by Qiu, Chen, Cohn and Roth in PNAS

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 One of the fun things about our paper published in today's PNAS is that, as a working paper, it prompted a vigorous discussion of the e...
Monday, May 4, 2026

The Cannabis Industry’s New Best Friend? President Trump

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It's a sign of the times that this sensible administrative initiative makes me ask:  Has the Trump organization just invested in marijua...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Abortion Pill Access by Mail, Appeal to SCOTUS

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 Is the state of Louisiana harmed if women living there can receive abortion pills by mail? Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Abortion...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

Amazon's list of best non-fiction books coming out in May

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 Here is Amazon's list of   Best Nonfiction books of May .  (You have to scroll to the right to see Moral Economics , but I'm still...