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I post market design related news and items about repugnant markets. See my Stanford profile. I have a 2026 book : Moral Economics The subtitle is "From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work."

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LSE professor Ricardo Reis had said the US president’s trade war would hurt American consumers

As some people know, I’ve spent a fair bit of time studying economist Kenneth Arrow whose work on endogenous growth theory and information economics influenced a lot of my thinking on the eco…

An economic historian and political maverick, he was a sometimes polarizing public intellectual and a member of the House of Lords.

Special issue of Economics of Innovation and New Technology in memory of Paul A. David. Volume 35, Issue 6 of Economics of Innovation and New Technology

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I’m very sorry to have to report the sudden death yesterday of my esteemed colleague Randy Picker, who was well-known for his work on antitrust and intellectual property, among other topics. …

The Trump administration, rebuffed by the Supreme Court in its first attempt to fire Lisa D. Cook, sent the Federal Reserve governor a letter saying it was “considering” removing her from the job.