Saturday, May 30, 2026

Mary Childs, formerly of Planet Money, has a new podcast, called Mary in America (on which we talk about Moral Economics)

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  Mary Childs , formerly of Planet Money, has a new podcast, called Mary in America . I was the guest on her first interview:  Organs, Sex W...
Friday, May 29, 2026

China is smoking

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  The NYT has the story: Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot. China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the govern...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

"How Moral Panic Creates Black Markets," interview by Nick Gillespie about Moral Economics

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Nick Gillespie, from Reason Magazine,  interviews me about " How Moral Panic Creates Black Markets " "Nobel Prize-winning eco...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Survey of economists, concerning Living-Donor Kidney Transplants

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Romesh Vaitilingam writes to draw my attention to the recent survey of economists, concerning Living-Donor Kidney Transplants , conducted ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Is Moving to Europe (after 35 years in the USA)

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A sign of the times:(    The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Is Moving to Europe (after 35 years in the USA)        " Ig Nobel Prizes   honor a...
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...