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 Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Repugnance watch: same sex weddings in Nigeria are illegal even for guests

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  The NYT has the story: Nigeria Arrests Dozens Over Same-Sex Wedding . A 2014 law makes such unions illegal in the country. Anyone found gu...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Human trafficking conviction in England, in kidney case-""the consent of the person trafficked is no defense."

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 The BBC has the story, which is apparently the first such conviction for kidney trafficking under Britain's anti-slavery law. Reading t...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Allegations of organ trafficking for kidney transplants--in England and India

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 From time to time there are stories of prosecutions for organ trafficking in connection with kidney transplants. Here's a story develop...
Friday, January 28, 2022

Kidnapping and ransom in Nigeria

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  Paying ransom is a repugnant transaction that looks different ex ante and ex post.  In Nigeria, where kidnapping is rampant, the governmen...
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