Sunday, January 15, 2017

Egypt arrests 'organ trafficking ring'

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The BBC has the story:  Egypt arrests 'organ trafficking ring' Egyptian authorities have arrested doctors, nurses and professors ...

Black markets for kidney transplants--arrests in Israel

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A late December story of black markets and law enforcement from the Times of Israel: 2 charged with running international organ traffic ri...
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Saturday, January 14, 2017

2016 Baby Markets 10th Anniversary International Congress in April

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Here's the call for papers: 2016 Baby Markets 10th Anniversary International Congress April 1-3, 2016 • University of California, ...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Genetic testing for heritable diseases

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JScreen is a genetic testing service associated with Emory University that allows individuals and couples to learn what heritable diseases...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Evolution of kidney exchange markets, and other short videos from the AEA Poster session

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Below is the video interview that goes with my poster presentation  at the just concluded American Economic Association/ASSA meetings in ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Backpage closes it's marketplace for sex

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Yesterday I posted about the legal battle brewing over whether Backpage.com is in violation of the laws against pimping and prostitution,...
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European Network for Collaboration on Kidney Exchange Programmes

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The  European Network for Collaboration on Kidney Exchange Programmes  will have its first meeting in  January in Estonia , January 12 and ...

Racial discrimination in Uber and Lyft

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Here's an NBER paper that investigates, in connection with Uber and Lyft, some of the issues that crop up in other distributed decision...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Classified ads as a marketplace for sex

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Here's a story about a classified ad sex site whose publishers were recently arrested, in a case that pits freedom of the press against...
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Monday, January 9, 2017

AEA Annual Meeting Webcasts

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2017 AEA Annual Meeting Webcasts of Selected Sessions View Webcasts of selected sessions from the Annual Meeting in Chicago on Januar...
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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Pictures from ASSA 2017

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I saw, listened to and even introduced some famous economists at the ASSA meetings. Here are a few;  see who you recognize... ...
Saturday, January 7, 2017

AEA Poster session: The Ongoing Design of Kidney Exchange

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This year we've organized an expanded set of posters at the AEA meetings in Chicago, and mine is  on The Ongoing Design of Kidney Excha...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Some special sessions at the ASSA meetings

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It was my responsibility to organize the AEA portion of the ASSA meetings this year (which I did with the help of a distinguished and hard ...
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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Richard Ely and the founding of the American Economic Association

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Some history of the AEA, and Richard Ely. First, from the Democracy Journal, published before last year's AEA meetings in SF, but jus...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

France introduces opt-out policy on organ donation

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The Guardian has the story: France introduces opt-out policy on organ donation Change in law means consent for organs to be removed is pr...