Sunday, November 25, 2012

Four Harvard students on the economics job market this year (2012-13)

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Moving between universities isn't a simple thing: although I'm no longer at Harvard, I'll be helping four Harvard students go on...
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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Anti-economics (If Michael Sandel Ruled the World)

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If I ruled the world: Michael Sandel The first sentence of the first paragraph: " If I ruled the world, I would rewrite the economi...
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Friday, November 23, 2012

A philosopher looks at repugnant markets

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The Dutch philosopher/economist Ingrid Robeyns  writes about Roth and Satz on repugnant/noxious markets She writes that " economists ...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving (and kidney exchange)

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A very happy Thanksgiving to all who read this:) I got the following very informative greeting (sort of a year-end letter and report) from...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

surrogacy

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Here are three NPR stories on surrogacy, highlighting some of the legal issues around it. http://www.npr.org/2012/04/13/150498711/surr...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Breast milk exchange?

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Ben Greiner writes: This might be an interesting upcoming story on repugnance: Due to the general positive effects, but also the socia...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Game theory and differential privacy

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Here's a lecture on game theory and differential privacy, by Aaron Roth , an up and coming computer scientist whose work I've follow...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

State laws against price gouging

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Michael Giberson provides this list : State Year Notes Alabama 1996 Code of Ala. § 8-31-1 thru § 8-31-6.  LINK Alabama law ; ...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Organ harvesting and Chinese-Israeli diplomacy

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How Israel and China got into a diplomatic row over Knesset members and organ harvesting: Chinese embassy demands clarifications from Jer...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Israel Radio: Douglas Goldstein interviews Bob Aumann about 2012 Economics Nobel

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Bob Aumann is interviewed on Israel Radio, and talks about the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in economics. " What is pairwise matching, ...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Economic Science Association conference in Tucson, Nov 15-17

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The North American regional conference will be held again in Tucson this year,from Thursday evening November 15 (reception) through Saturda...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Matching in the EU: Market Failures and Solutions

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The Bellaterra Campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is the center of matching and market design this week, with two conferences. ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Dean Rachel Croson

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Economist Rachel Croson Named Dean of the UT Arlington College of Business "Much of Croson’s research has centered on experimental an...

Bicker at Princeton

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Vikram Rao writes about recent changes in the matching process of students to eating clubs at Princeton: Professor Roth, I'm a f...
Monday, November 12, 2012

David Warsh reflects on Howard Raiffa's memoir and career

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On the anniversary of the Cuban Missile crisis, David Warsh reads some books , ending up with Howard Raiffa's memoir, about which he has...
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