Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Simulating European kidney exchange, by Druzsin, Biró, Klimentova, and Fleiner

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There are a big variety of procedures used for kidney exchange in Europe.  Here are a set of simulations meant to explore their effects. Dru...
Monday, May 13, 2024

Talks to doctors and students in Italy

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 I just returned from a busy trip to Italy, that began with a talk to physicians in Rome  about kidney exchange, after which I moved on to ...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

Richard Slayman: first recipient of pig kidney transplant dies after two months. (RIP)

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 Here's the story from the Guardian: Pig kidney ‘xenotransplant’ patient dies two months later . No indication that Richard ‘Rick’ Slaym...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

Jim Simons (1938-2024)

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  Jim Simons, the great investor and philanthropist of math and computer science, died yesterday. Here's the announcement from the Simo...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Kidney exchange in Germany?

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  A draft law to make kidney exchange legal in Germany, and to allow nondirected donation, is making some progress: here (with the help of G...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

The design of markets, in Padua (video)

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking about market design in the Aula Magna of the University of Padua , where Galileo lectured.  Below i...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Ignazio Marino is running for the EU Parliament

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  When in Rome, I met with Ignazio Marino (transplant surgeon, former Mayor of Rome) who is now running for the EU Parliament.  He posted a...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Kidney exchange in Italy, Europe and the U.S.: video of my talk in Rome

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  Here is a video recording of my talk in Rome yesterday at the   Istituto Superiore di Sanità.  There are some introductions by people wit...
Monday, May 6, 2024

The Design of Markets. Una Nobel Lecture (Two talks in Padua, on Tuesday and Wednesday)

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 Following my talk in Rome today , I'll be speaking in Padua tomorrow and Wednesday, first giving a seminar on controversial markets, an...
Sunday, May 5, 2024

Baby formula and U.S. supply chains

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 Martha Gershon points me to her latest column, to be followed in due time by a book on feeding babies in America. The U.S. needs a reliable...
Saturday, May 4, 2024

Free speech and universities

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 At Stanford, recent event are helping us remember that our speech policy is the First Amendment. That hasn't always been front of mind ...
Friday, May 3, 2024

Matching markets and organ transplantation at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome on Monday

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 I'm traveling this weekend to help inaugurate  the celebration of the 90th anniversary of Italy's Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Hig...
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Gambling addiction

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  When gambling opportunities were rare and often illegal in the U.S., gambling addiction was a less visible problem than it is becoming tod...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Menthol cigarettes get a reprieve

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 The WSJ has the story: Biden Administration Shelves Plan to Ban Menthol Cigarettes . White House had been weighing health benefit of ban ag...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Proposed age-adjusted smoking ban in the U.K.

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  The BBC has the story, about a proposal to ban smoking for everyone currently under the age of 18. (What could go wrong?) What is the UK ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Text of the new EU regulations on Substances of Human Origin

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 Kim Krawiec points me to this newly published document, with the 'final' regulations intended to prevent compensation of donors of ...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Main causes of death around the world, 1990-2021

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  Here's a recent article from the Lancet that traces leading causes of death around the world, in more than a thousand countries and su...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

No Prices No Games! Four Economic Models by Michael Richter and Ariel Rubinstein

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  Here's a new book on economic theory by Richter and Rubinstein. No Prices No Games!  Four Economic Models  by Michael Richter and Ari...