Wednesday, June 3, 2026

About a third of Americans live in states that will have Medical Aid in Dying, come September.

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  The NYT has the story: By September, Nearly a Third of Americans Will Live in States With Legal Aid in Dying Despite widespread support in...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Lethal strikes without human approval : military AI without a human in the loop

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 The Financial Times has the story (the explanation quoted below reflects the clarity of the reasoning): UK military looks at allowing letha...
Monday, June 1, 2026

The American Society of Transplantation prepares to consider a pilot study of financial incentives for living organ donation

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 As I prepare to speak later this month at the American Transplant Congress in Boston , I note that  the American Society of Transplantation...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

"In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue." JQ Wilson

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    Here's a photo from the lobby of the American Enterprise Institute, which I visited as part of my recent book tour.  It seems partic...
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 ...