Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The year in passings

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 It's been a long year in many ways.  Here are the partings noted on this blog: Sunday, December 21, 2025  Michel Callon (1945–2025): A ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Taxation as a disincentive to contraception in China

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 The PRC believes in economic incentives and disincentives. (But they also have other arrows in their quiver...) China to hike tax on condom...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Medicare funding of medical residencies

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 I'm always puzzled by the fact that much of the discussion of the wages of medical residents ignores that many residency positions are ...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

A rare -directed- deceased donor kidney transplant

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 Most organ transplants come from deceased donors, and the vast majority of these deceased donor organs are allocated by a regulated system ...
Saturday, December 27, 2025

NKR in the NYT

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 Today's NYT has a story on the country's largest kidney exchange network, a private company with opaque finances called National K...
Friday, December 26, 2025

Medical aid in dying to become available in New York State

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 Here's the announcements from the New York State Governor's office: Governor Hochul Reaches Agreement With State Legislature to Pas...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

Experimental math (XKCD)

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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics  https://xkcd.com/3180/  
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Interview about the new edition of the Chinese translation of Who Gets What and Why

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 Last month I was interviewed in connection with the new edition of the Chinese translation of my 2015 book Who Gets What and Why.   Here is...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Erik Brynjolfsson interviewed in Newsweek

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 Always thought provoking:  Centaurs, Canaries and J-Curves: Pitfalls and Productivity Potential of AI By Marcus Weldon  "Brynjolfsson ...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Which trade organization is protecting its members from a real threat from AI?

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Science fiction writers have long speculated on worlds in which humans coexist with intelligent robots. And forewarned is forearmed. The  Sc...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Michel Callon (1945–2025): A life with passion for economies, in J. of Cultural Economy

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Here's an appreciation of the great economic sociologist:   Michel Callon (1945–2025): A life with passion for economies Koray Caliskan ...
Saturday, December 20, 2025

The market for used underwear, in the journal Genre, sexualité & société

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 The study of repugnant transactions and controversial markets can lead to some strange markets.  In the latest issue of the journal Genre,...
Friday, December 19, 2025

Navigating congested (dating) markets: Judd Kessler's advice for the frustrated

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  Pessimistic about dating? Harvard-trained economist says do 2 simple things to improve your luck by Judd B. Kessler  1. Ditch the disinter...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

The national politics of deceased organ donation

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 The U.S. transplant system is relatively open to foreign patients, and the NYT reports with some concern the number of foreign citizens rec...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The local politics of deceased organ donation

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 "All politics is local" may not be entirely true, but local politics doesn't end at death. MedPage Today has the story:  Sena...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Australia's ban on social media use by teens under sixteen

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 Australia has put into effect a ban on social media use by teenagers younger than 16.  My first thought is, good luck with that... Here are...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Nottingham's Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics celebrates its 25th anniversary

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 In September, Nottingham's productive  center for experimental economics celebrated a quarter century since it's founding:   CeDEx...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Crypto has found a use, and it's money laundering

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The NYT has the story: How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins ...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

The former governor of Indiana is pleasantly surprised by Harvard

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 Eric Holcomb taught a seminar at Harvard after stepping down as governor of Indiana.  He reports that he expected to find a woke hell, but ...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Kate Ho (1972-2025)

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 Kate Ho has passed away, tragically early.  I met her when she was a grad student at Harvard, who worked with Ariel Pakes. Here's the ...