Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Do organ donors have a right to donate?

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Here's a case that makes clear that some donors really wish to become donors, in this case deceased donors. The story is from the Canad...
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Video from the AEA meetings (including my presidential address)

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If you missed the AEA/ASSA meetings that just finished in Philadelphia, you can still hear some of the talks. Here's mine (it's a...
Monday, January 8, 2018

Medical school admissions in Germany

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Sven Seuken and Stephanie Wang point me to these stories: Germany: Selection process for medical students deemed partly unconstitutional ...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

More on the repugnance of selling art, if you're an art museum

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In Philadelphia: La Salle plan to sell museum masterpieces stuns art community " La Salle University, which has struggled to plug a...
Saturday, January 6, 2018

The open culture of academic economics

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I'll be delivering the Presidential Address at the American Economic Association meetings in Philadelphia today, with a paper to follow...
Friday, January 5, 2018

Black markets in guns without serial numbers

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The WSJ has the story: The Rise of Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns’ An emerging black-market gun-making industry lets buyers bypass background c...
Thursday, January 4, 2018

Some ASSA sessions I would go to if I could, and some I'll certainly attend

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I'm going to be a busy boy at the AEA/ASSA meetings, since as president of the AEA I'll preside over many champagne receptions and ...