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 ransom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ransom. Show all posts
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Ransomware evolving

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  MedCity News reports on the evolving cat and mouse game between ransomware criminals and health care organizations. The Changing Landscape...
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...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Reputation among thieves: ransomware and kidnapping

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Like everyone else, I occasionally get notifications of data breaches from organizations with which I have digital relations.  Often the bre...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Ransom as a (not so) repugnant transaction

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The United States is revising some policies regarding dealing with Americans held hostage, e.g. in the middle east.  The NY Times has the s...
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