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 usury. Show all posts

Showing posts with label usury. Show all posts

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Junk Fees and Related Pricing Practices

The White House is taking interest in hidden fees, both because they interfere with competition on price (e.g. when Ticketmaster reveals ...

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Payday loans: usury, or access to credit? by Allcott, Kim, Taubinsky and Zinman

Payday loans and other expensive services to those without access to formal credit generate a good deal of repugnance and regulation (includ...

Friday, July 21, 2017

Usury and theology

At Aeon, Alex Mayyasi writes about the work of banker turned theologian David Miller: Of money and morals Moneylending has been taboo fo...

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