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."

Monday, May 25, 2026

French nicotine pouch ban is ‘attack on Swedish way of life’

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 Is Swedish nicotine like French wine? The FT has the story: " French nicotine pouch ban is ‘attack on Swedish way of life’, minister s...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Mark Granovetter and I discuss Moral Economics

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  Speaking with the great sociologist Mark Granovetter gave me the opportunity to tell the joke "“Economists study how people make cho...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Work and Moral Economics: Two Podcasts (Dart Lindsley's "Work for Humans" and Ben Zweig's "The Economics of Work).

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Two podcasts interview me about Moral Economics, starting from a concern with work.    Dart Lindsley  interviews me on his Podcast "Wor...
Friday, May 22, 2026

The Economist reviews Moral Economics

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 It appears that even a week after book-publication week, I'm not finished with book news. This week The Economist reviewed Moral Econom...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Al Roth in conversation with Paul Milgrom about Moral Economics at Kepler's, Today 7pm

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 Paul Milgrom and I will chat about Moral Economics and market design. (However, NB, Kepler's charges admission...:(  Book talk at Keple...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Neale Mahoney interviews me abut Moral Economics on Econ to Go

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  Neale Mahoney interviews me on Econ to go  (with a transcript of our half hour conversation).  "Neale Mahoney: Markets are often tre...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

WHO reports on the global growth of nicotine pouches

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  The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report written by Robert K. Jackler, Divya Ramamurthi and Cindy Chau ( Stanford Resear...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Kidneys and Moral Economics in the Financial Times

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I spoke about economics with Keynes (Soumaya) in the FT: Nobel laureate Al Roth and the economics of organ sales      "The economist Al...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

College admissions is a game of strategy, on both sides (from early admissions to waitlists)

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  More colleges are admitting more students from early admissions/early decision applications, and fewer students from their waitlists. The ...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

Moral Economics: video of the AEI book event (you can listen to me read from the book)

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 You can watch the AEI book event (and hear me read the first paragraph of the book, and chat about it for about 20 minutes) followed by dis...
Friday, May 15, 2026

The Organ Donation Dilemma: Ethics, Economics, and Life-Saving Solutions: Debate at Hopkins, today

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Today's debate at Hopkins aims to focus on the proposed End Kidney Deaths Act.   The Organ Donation Dilemma: Ethics, Economics, and Life...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Moral Economics: A Book Event at the American Enterprise Institute, May 14 (You're invited, IRL or watch remotely)

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Moral Economics: A Book Event   with Sally Satel Thursday, May 14, 2026 | 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM ET AEI, Auditorium | 1789 Massachusetts Ave. NW...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Moral Economics: three podcasts, with Lawrence Krauss, Yascha Mounk, Sean Carroll

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Some of the podcasts I participated in have or will come out this week, to mark the official publication of Moral Economics in the U.S. He...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Moral Economics: How to buy a copy at a bookstore

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 It's publication day for Moral Economics , so I think my involvement in bookselling has probably reached it's peak.  You can buy it...
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