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 barter. Show all posts

Showing posts with label barter. Show all posts

Friday, August 2, 2024

Barter of Russians in prison for prisoners in Russia--Redemption of Captives

Barter is alive and well in diplomacy, as evidenced by yesterday's multi-country multi-party prisoner swap. Among the highlights was ...

Thursday, August 1, 2024

Time banking

Here's the latest Freakonomics podcast, on time banking. Dubner interviews some proponents, and a skeptic. I was the skeptic. It's...

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Food trucks trade assigned spaces in Washington DC

D.C. food trucks look to new platform to swap spaces assigned in lottery "It didn’t take long after D.C. started doling out parking...

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Home exchanges

In the WSJ, a retired California couple discuss the (approaching three dozen) home exchanges they have done, bartering a stay at their San ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Barter in a recession

In a Tight Holiday Season, Some Turn to Barter "The proliferation of Web sites with names like Swap.com and SwapMamas have moved ...

Monday, February 9, 2009

Barter and illiquidity in Russia

The NY Times reports that in Russia, where rubles are getting scarce but prices are remaining sticky, there's a growing interest in bart...

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