Friday, April 12, 2019

"Abortion as a moral good" Opinion piece in the Lancet

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The Lancet recently ran the following opinion piece, by a bioethicist at Northwestern University's medical school. It gives a sympathet...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Adoption, interracial adoption, and repugnance

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The Washington Post looks back on the history of adoption. (Even adoption can arouse repugnance...): A white couple, a mixed-race baby an...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

What can museums do with their excess art?

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The NY Times has the story: Clean House to Survive? Museums Confront Their Crowded Basements "Fueled by philanthropic zeal, lucrati...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Federal government contests safe injection facility in Philadelphia, where the overdose rate is four times the homicide rate

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When will they ever learn? The Washington Post updates us on Federal efforts to prevent exploration of ways to cut down on drug overdose de...
Monday, April 8, 2019

An Israeli gay couple recount their American surrogacy experience

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Twins, no less, after a journey through U.S. surrogacy by a gay Israeli couple, from Haaretz: Two for the Price of One: An Israeli Gay Co...
Sunday, April 7, 2019

Upcoming market design conferences in May and July, in Switzerland and Russia

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Here are announcements to two conferences: MATCH-UP 2019 5th International Workshop on Matching Under Preferences Congressi Stefano Fra...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

Deceased organ donation: comparison of opt-in versus opt-out countries

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From Kidney International Article in Press Comparison of organ donation and transplantation rates between opt-out and opt-in systems ...
Friday, April 5, 2019

Repugnance watch: romantic relationships between faculty and graduate students

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Forty plus years ago, I met and married my wife when I was an assistant professor and she was a graduate student in another department. Sin...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

A new repugnant use of DNA information--'clarifying' Who is a Jew

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The Jerusalem Post has the story: CHIEF RABBINATE ADMITS USING DNA TESTS TO HELP DETERMINE JEWISH STATUS Orthodox organizations denounce ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Brioni Legendary Minds: interviews and suits, and economists as clothing models

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Brioni, the men's suit maker, has a series of video interviews called Legendary Minds, of unusually well dressed men. The videos are a...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Podcast on non-directed kidney donation as an act of effective altruism

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Here's a very personal discussion  about becoming a non-directed donor. The Neoliberal Podcast Donating a Kidney with Dylan Matt...

Stanford Urology Grand Rounds

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I'll be speaking this evening at the medical school, to urologists, about kidney exchange.
Monday, April 1, 2019

Headlines that could be dated April 1

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Green-haired turtle that breathes through its genitals added to endangered list With its punky green mohican the striking Mary river turtl...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Repugnance in the runup to elections

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Primary elections give political hopefuls a chance to try out their views on many things, including controversial transactions and markets,...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Memorial service for Martin Shubik today at Yale

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I'm in New Orleans today, which I think Martin would have enjoyed, but if you are in New Haven, here's the Yale announcement: Mem...
Friday, March 29, 2019

Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) 2019 in New Orleans, March 28-30

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As the last stop on a lecture tour at four Southern locations this week, I'm looking forward to participating this afternoon and tomorr...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

"My evolution as an economist," at Trinity University in San Antonio

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I'll be speaking at Trinity University today. Here's the announcement: NOBEL ECONOMIST LECTURE: ALVIN E. ROTH,  THU MAR 28,  7:3...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019

David Kaserman Memorial Lecture at Auburn University

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Today I'll present a lecture in honor of David Kaserman, an Auburn U. economist who fought a long struggle with kidney disease, and who...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Congratulations to Claudia Goldin: BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

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Here are the first two paragraphs of the announcement... The BBVA Foundation recognizes Claudia Goldin for pioneering economic analysis o...

Game theory symposium at Kennesaw State

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I'll be speaking at Kennesaw State University in Georgia this morning (and spending this week giving a set of lectures elsewhere in the...