Showing posts with label repugnance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label repugnance. Show all posts
Monday, March 23, 2026

The innovative supply chain of illegal drugs--even in prisons

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 Strategy sets are big, so we’re not going to be able to end illegal drug use by spraying defoliants on fields of poppies, or arresting deal...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Paid plasma donations are becoming more middle-class

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  The NYT has the story: The Middle-Class Suburbanites Who Sell Their Blood Plasma to Get By.  Across the United States, plasma centers are ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Faroe Islands are moving to end their ban on abortion

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 Some controversies are familiar all over the world. The NYT has the story: The Faroe Islands Are Changing Some of Europe’s Strictest Aborti...
Monday, March 16, 2026

International statistics on plasma donation show that it is quite safe

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 Peter Jaworski collects the statistics from Europe and North America: Plasma donation is safe And commercial plasma donation is not less s...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

How safe is plasma donation?

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 Here's a story from the NYT, about the recent regularization of paid plasma donation in (some provinces of) Canada. How Safe Is Plasma ...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Privacy vs. security: doorbell cameras (and Ring's Superbowl ad)

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There's a tension between privacy (some of it constitutionally protected)  and security, involving everything from street crime to terro...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

How to regulate legal marijuana?

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 The New York Times editorial board thinks about the current environment for (now legal) marijuana, and calls for more careful regulation, a...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Magic mushrooms have a role in hospice care

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 Pain experienced while dying may be partly spiritual.  National Geographic has the story:  These drugs could be a game changer for end-of-l...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag From Stonewall National Monument (but the Stonewall Inn is still in private hands)

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 When a national monument is designated around a private business in a liberal state, the ability of the President to alter its message is  ...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Are some applications of AI repugnant?

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Here's a new HBS working paper on repugnance of A.I.   Performance or Principle: Resistance to Artificial Intelligence in the U.S. Labor...
Friday, February 6, 2026

Moral Economics: back-cover blurbs

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 I now know what blurbs will likely be on the back cover of Moral Economics when it comes out in May. They are by Peter Singer , Abhijit Ba...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Tobacco banned in Indian state of Odisha

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 Here's the story from the Times of India, Govt notifies ban on all chewable tobacco, nicotine products | Bhubaneswar News - The Times o...
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...
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 ...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Commercial plasma collection in the US: the Jaworski report for 2025

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 Peter Jaworski , a tireless student of blood donation around the world, has published a report on the plasma industry.  It's full of in...
Monday, January 5, 2026

Prenups: formerly repugnant, now online

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 The New Yorker writes about prenuptial agreements that can be written online, and not just for the wealthy. Why Millennials Love Prenups Lo...
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 10, 2025

Abortions in the U.S. since state bans have been enacted

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 It's hard to effectively ban something that is legal in neighboring jurisdictions. The NYT has the story: A Small Illinois City at the ...