Wednesday, July 1, 2026

A roadmap for international kidney exchange in India

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  India, which performs the third most kidney transplants in the world (after only the U.S. and China) is a natural location for internation...

Another NBA Player Charged With Rigging Games for Gamblers

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 Bets on a particular player's performance open the door to sinister influences in sports. The WSJ has the story: Another NBA Player Cha...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Sports Betting, Prediction Markets, and ‘Repugnant Transactions’--a conversation at Covers.com

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 I was recently interviewed at the gambling hyper-site Covers.com about the growth of sports gambling both on dedicated sites and on predict...
Monday, June 29, 2026

A dozen books enjoyed by venture capitalists (from a16z)

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  Reading lists are interesting both for the books they describe, and for what they say about the list makers. Here are a dozen interesting-...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

The moral economics of prediction markets, in the NYT

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 As part of it's Dealbook feature, the NYT yesterday included this conversation about The moral economics of prediction markets "Th...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

The Netherlands Records Its First Assisted Death of a Child Between 1 and 12

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  A child receiving medical aid in dying clearly arouses more repugnance than when an adult accesses MAID.  But surely that isn't becaus...
Friday, June 26, 2026

Moral Economics on Lives Well Lived, by Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek

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 The moral philosophers Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek interviewed me about Moral Economics on their podcast Lives Well Lived. ...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

Deceased-donor-initiated kidney-exchange chains are performing well in Italy

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 Here's a new report from Italy on initiating kidney exchange chains with a deceased donor.*  In Italy to date, 34 deceased donor initia...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Conversations about computing, a podcast by a16Z

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   Here's the announcement of a forthcoming series of podcast interviews that looks interesting.: Announcing First Principles: Rare conv...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Financial Times quick review of four new econ books

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 The FT has brief reviews of four new economics books:  Moral Economics, The Common Good Economy: A New Compass,  We Need to Tax Billionaire...
Monday, June 22, 2026

A rogue's gallery of transplant heroes (following ATC2026)

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 After my talk yesterday at the American Transplant Congress, I had lunch with a table of transplant heroes, Joe Tector , Peter Friend , J...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

Medical aid in dying (and Moral Economics) on Freakonomics Radio

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  The latest episode of Freakonomics looks at the controversies and philosophies involved in the growing legalization of medical aid in dyin...
Friday, June 19, 2026

Starzl Lecture: "The Economics of Kidney Exchange," Sunday at the American Transplant Congress in Boston

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  I'll be speaking Sunday at the American Transplant Congress, on kidney exchange.  It will be hard to squeeze in all the recent develop...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

When people rely on A.I. to avoid ethical challenges

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  HBS puts the spotlight on a paper by Alex Chan . When AI Gives Advice, Employees Rarely Ask Why   Featuring Alex Chan. By Ben Rand "...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

A chef makes the case for foie gras, and addresses the concerns regarding animal welfare

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I'm no expert on the production of foie gras, but I am glad to see arguments about repugnant transactions and controversial markets that...
Monday, June 15, 2026

Horsemeat, Prostitution and Kidney Sales, interview by Peter Coy

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 Peter Coy interviewed me about Moral Economics for his substack Economics for Everyone. You can find the video and the transcript at this ...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

European Workshop on Market Design #6, 17 — 18 June 2026, in Paris

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 Coming up this week. European Workshop on Market Design #6 17 — 18 June 2026 Home Outline Program Venue Contact The 6th edition of the Euro...
Saturday, June 13, 2026

Organ Allocation and Transplantation, by Ashlagi and Roth, forthcoming in Annual Review of Economics 2026

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  Here's a  forthcoming review paper on organ allocation and transplantation that focuses on the allocation of deceased-donor organs, pa...
Friday, June 12, 2026

Best books of 2026 so far (a small publishing adventure, with pictures)

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 At one month post-publication of Moral Economics , I continue to get small bits of feedback.  Here's one, from the editors of Amazon. B...