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Al Roth
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My market design blog: https://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/ Forthcoming in May: Moral Economics https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Economics-Prostitution-Controversial-Transactions/dp/1541702018
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#econsky Aghion!
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Philippe Aghion interview in the Financial Times
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November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A headline I had to red twice:

_In reversal, _ Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

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Viewpoint diversity on swastikas and vaccines: one close call and one further descent
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Incentives matter, but you don't always get precisely what you were hoping for.
#econsky #medicine #transplants
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Organ procurement centers (OPOs) are responding to changes in their performance evaluations (by Bae, Sweat, Melcher and Ashlagi in JAMA Surgery)
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November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Invited speakers:
Itai Ashlahi – Stanford University
Irene Lo – Stanford MSE
Rebecca Reiffenhäuser – University of Amsterdam
#econsky #econconf
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MATCH-UP 2026, Paris 1-3 July, 2026, call for papers
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November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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“There are definitely threats to the web, but they’re not necessarily coming from AI,” he says. “I think the bigger threat is the rise of authoritarianism....”
#econsky #academicsky
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Artificial intelligence and the future of Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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The medical marketplace from the provider side.
#econsky #medicine
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Physicians are now more likely employed than in private practice, and AMA membership has correspondingly declined
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November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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NSF!
#Econsky #Academicsky #science
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The Union of Concerned Scientists celebrates the NSF
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November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I'm also grateful to whoever gave him that advice:)
#EconSky #AcademicSky
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Judd Kessler: the most helpful advice I ever got (YouTube short video)
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November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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#econsky
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Nikhil Agarwal Wins Infosys Prize 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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It's morning in Cairo, and there will be a wide ranging discussion of ethics in transplantation, including global cooperation.
#EconSky #medicine #Egypt
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Ethical considerations and global cooperaton in transplantation, Wednesday in Cairo
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November 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Come join us:)
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Join the global call for change at DLE--Invitation to Cairo
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November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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It’s easy to choose sides in this debate
#india #econsky # medicine
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Are transplants too scarce, or not scarce enough? A surprising debate about India
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November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Opinion | The science that extended Dick Cheney’s life was a choice - The Washington Post
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Econ, artificial intelligence and machine learning …
#EconConf #econsky
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Economics and CS (AI+ML) in Ithaca in June: call for papers
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November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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at the University of São Paulo
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Game theory in Brazil, July 26-Aug2: Call for papers
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November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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