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 Ireland. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts

Friday, November 29, 2019

Paying participants in economic experiments, in Ireland, in jeopardy

On Wednesday I received some email correspondence about a difficulty being faced by experimental economists in Ireland, who may be forbidde...

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Repugnance watch: Blasphemy no longer unconstitutional in Ireland, as of yesterday

Here's the story in The Guardian: Ireland votes to oust ‘medieval’ blasphemy law Decision is latest in ‘quiet revolution’ of seismic ...

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Ireland votes to repeal a constitutional ban on abortion

A vote in Ireland strikes down a consitutional ban on abortion, and will likely lead to legal abortions in at least some cases, and a reduc...

Friday, June 30, 2017

Insurance for organ donors in Ireland: is it compensation?

Frank McCormick points out this interesting story from Ireland: If you're donating an organ, you can now get insurance cover The new...

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Does criminalizing the purchase of sex endanger sex workers?

A lawyer who is also sex worker brings suit to overturn the law that makes purchasing sex a crime, on the grounds that this endangers prost...

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