Market Design

I post market design related news and items about repugnant markets. See my Stanford profile. I have a forthcoming book : Moral Economics The subtitle is "From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work."

Monday, March 23, 2026

The innovative supply chain of illegal drugs--even in prisons

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 Strategy sets are big, so we’re not going to be able to end illegal drug use by spraying defoliants on fields of poppies, or arresting deal...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Paid plasma donations are becoming more middle-class

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  The NYT has the story: The Middle-Class Suburbanites Who Sell Their Blood Plasma to Get By.  Across the United States, plasma centers are ...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

The States as the laboratory of democracy: helping organ donors

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News from the States: Pa. senators mull inheritance tax cut, deductions for organ donors  "While employers across the state are allowed...
Friday, March 20, 2026

PS 205: A brief address to my elementary school alma mater, about science in grade school

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 A few weeks ago I was surprised to receive this email from a teacher at the elementary school that I attended, PS 205 , in the New York Ci...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Faroe Islands are moving to end their ban on abortion

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 Some controversies are familiar all over the world. The NYT has the story: The Faroe Islands Are Changing Some of Europe’s Strictest Aborti...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Pre-publication review of Moral Economics from Publisher's Weekly

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Another small adventure in publishing:)  Here's the pre-publication review of Moral Economics from Publisher's Weekly . " TL;D...
Monday, March 16, 2026

International statistics on plasma donation show that it is quite safe

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 Peter Jaworski collects the statistics from Europe and North America: Plasma donation is safe And commercial plasma donation is not less s...
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