Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Learning and adaptation in the social sciences, in the PNAS

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The papers from the  Learning and adaptation in the social sciences: NAS Sackler conference, January 10-11  (including my paper with Ido Er...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Two new labor market matching mechanisms in Israel: for psychologists, and doctors

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Assaf Romm writes from Israel about the newly instituted stable matching clearinghouse for psychologists, and more briefly about the new ma...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Unraveling of private equity recruiting

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Can competition by speed play a big role in a market in which there's also a lot of competition by price? You bet it can. The NY Times ...
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Assisted suicide and the Church of England: signs of dissent

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Lord Carey: I support assisted dying--The intervention of the former Archbishop of Canterbury is a dramatic departure from the official lin...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Guns on campus: both a protected and a repugnant transaction?

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On July 1 the new Idaho law explicitly allowing guns on college campuses went into effect.  Weapons on campus are now allowed in several st...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

A long kidney chain at U. Alabama Birmingham

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A long nonsimultaneous kidney exchange chain, which began in December, is underway at the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital. Her...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Harold Kuhn 1925-2014

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Harold Kuhn, Game Theory Pioneer, Dies at 88 "Harold Kuhn, a Princeton University mathematician who advanced game theory appr...