Showing posts with label controversial markets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label controversial markets. Show all posts
Monday, January 26, 2026

Repugnance: two overviews (one by humans, one by Ai)

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Here are two overviews of repugnance, one by economists in a forthcoming book chapter, and one from xAi via its large language model, in Gro...
Monday, January 19, 2026

AEA Code of Conduct: (I can't answer "no" to all of the screening questions)

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 When I was president of the American Economic Association, we began to think it would be prudent to have a formal code of conduct (see the ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

What to read in 2026: FT recommends Moral Economics (plus blurbs by Milgrom, Wilson and Goldin:)

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 The Financial Times looks into its crystal ball to suggest what books to read in the coming year, organized by the month in which they are ...
Friday, December 26, 2025

Medical aid in dying to become available in New York State

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 Here's the announcements from the New York State Governor's office: Governor Hochul Reaches Agreement With State Legislature to Pas...
Saturday, December 20, 2025

The market for used underwear, in the journal Genre, sexualité & société

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 The study of repugnant transactions and controversial markets can lead to some strange markets.  In the latest issue of the journal Genre,...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

The national politics of deceased organ donation

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 The U.S. transplant system is relatively open to foreign patients, and the NYT reports with some concern the number of foreign citizens rec...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The local politics of deceased organ donation

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 "All politics is local" may not be entirely true, but local politics doesn't end at death. MedPage Today has the story:  Sena...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Australia's ban on social media use by teens under sixteen

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 Australia has put into effect a ban on social media use by teenagers younger than 16.  My first thought is, good luck with that... Here are...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Yuck! and the long journey to a book title

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  As I mentioned in yesterday's post , I'm working on the galleys of my forthcoming book, Moral Economics . This has reminded me o...
Monday, October 27, 2025

New book! Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work--forthcoming!

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   I have a forthcoming book, (at long last) and it now even has a cover. (Note the halo:)  I'm reading the galleys right now...   Moral...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Notes from Messina (kidney exchange and the Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti)

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 We traveled last week from Prague to Sicily, for the Matching in Practice workshop in  Messina, which was rich in kidney exchange. I was...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Notes from Prague (kidney exchange, market design, and progress on a new book)

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I flew back to California yesterday, after spending some time in Czechia and Italy talking about kidney exchange.  Here is a video of the pu...