Market Design

I post market design related news and items about repugnant markets. See my Stanford profile. I have a forthcoming book : Moral Economics The subtitle is "From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work."

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Philipp Strack, 2024 Clark Medalist by Drew Fudenberg, in the JEP

Here's a celebration of Philipp Strack, the Yale economist who won the 2024 Clark Medal of the American Economic Association. Philipp ...

Monday, February 17, 2025

Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown

The canary in the coalmine that is climate change is starting to show important signs of stress. The Guardian has this story: Climate crisi...

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Kidneys, compensation, and altruistic activists

Here's a well written story about kidney donation, and some of the very interesting people involved in the debate over compensating d...

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Politics, Physician Senators, and the Hippocratic Oath (regarding the confirmation of RFK Jr. as HHS secretary)

Here's an opinion piece from MedpageToday Physician Senators, What Have You Done?— They have betrayed the Hippocratic Oath in voting t...

Friday, February 14, 2025

Matchmaking on campus with Marriage Pact

Happy Valentine's Day:) Here's a story from the Amherst Student (the student newspaper), about an annual event on many campuses tha...

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