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There's some chance that something quite exciting could happen at the first day of this conference on Wednesday...
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International Transplant Week in Egypt, 2025

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November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM

Al Roth

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How to address the problem of poor children being assigned to poor schools, in England
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#econsky

School choice and performance gaps in England: a report by Burgess, Cantillon, Greaves and Cavallo

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November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Al Roth

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Orderly experimentation is invited to the xenotransplant party…
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Xenotransplants go to (clinical) trial

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November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Al Roth

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He was the fourth person in the United States to receive a genetically modified pig kidney. The first two patients died shortly after their transplants; the third had her kidney removed after 130 days, when her body rejected the organ.
#medicine
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Xenotransplant of a pig kidney lasted nine months before failing (a new record)

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November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

David Gale’s work was diverse and impactful in math and econ
#econsky

David Gale (1921-2008) remembered, with a (belated) 100th birthday volume

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November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

No one said it would be easy
#econsky
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Surrogacy, and escrow accounts

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November 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

Experimental economics is thriving
#econsky
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Experimental economics at the University of Pittsburgh

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November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

Practical market design is alive and well in Israel.
#econsky
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Market Design Impact Award to Hassidim, Romm, and Shorrer

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October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

Current laws on organ donation might reasonably lead one to conclude that society disapproves of saving lives via transplantation.
#econsky #medicine #repugnance
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Funeral expense reimbursement to enhance organ donation and transplantation , by Chan and Sweat

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October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

Market design at the municipal level
#econsky
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The role of 'public entrepreneurs' in city government (and a shoutout to Jeremy Lack)

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October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Reposted by Al Roth

Aaron Roth

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If you are around Berkeley today stop by Evans 1011 for a talk: events.berkeley.edu/stat/event/3...

Neyman Seminar - Aaron Roth - Agreement and Alignment for Human-AI Collaboration

Speaker: Aaron Roth (UPenn) Title: Agreement and Alignment for Human-AI Collaboration Abstract: As AI models become increasingly ...

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October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

The mss is stored in a folder with the title "Yuck" that I opened on my hard drive when I first started to think about writing a book on repugnant transactions.
#econsky #academicsky
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Yuck! and the long journey to a book title

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October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

Remembering October 27, 2018

Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 14d

🧵Words matter. We are experiencing a flood of unrestrained antisemitism and hate speech. As a survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack, I know where this leads. We have to stop tolerating and normalizing antisemitism and all forms of bigotry.

Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 14d

Seven years later and my heart continues to ache for the 11 people killed and 6 others injured at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue. They were shot as they prayed for no other reason than because they were Jewish.

May their memories forever be a blessing.

October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

I’m reading the galleys now:)
#econsky #academicsky #book
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New book! Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work--forthcoming!

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October 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

Interrupting the seminar speaker
#econsky #academicsky #gender
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Gender Differences in Economics Seminars (forthcoming in the AER)

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October 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

Reducing confusion in (and about) social science is a worthwhile goal…
#econsky #academicsky
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Enhancing Scientific Integrity in the Social and Behavioral Sciences--Nominate an Expert for an NAS workshop

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October 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

A tale foretold
#econsky #gambling
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NBA gambling indictments

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October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

a big class of "dumb" strategies can settle on high prices, and it isn't illegal to be dumb...
#econsky #cs
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Algorithmic Collusion Without Threats

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October 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM

Al Roth

@alroth.bsky.social

You could hardly have more different books on behavioral economics. Chater and Loewenstein regret their part in what they feel has turned into a scam, while Thaler and Imas celebrate how it has gone from victory to victory.
#econsky #academicsky
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