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."

Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Organ transplant ban by Taliban in Afghanistan (BBC)

Afshin Nikzad forwards me this report from the BBC Persian service (in Farsi, but automatically translated by Chrome): Kidney transplant ...

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Afghanistan’s trade in organs--and children

Here's the story in the WSJ: ‘No Father Wants to Sell His Son’s Kidney.’ Afghans Pushed to Desperate Measures to Survive. Afghanistan’s...

Saturday, February 6, 2021

Kidney black market at an Afghan hospital

The NY Times reports today on an Afghan hospital at which people in need of a transplant can buy a kidney. The report focuses on apparent...

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