Large cores in college admissions markets: the case of Hungary by Biro, Hassidim, Romm, Shorrer and Sovago

 Here's a paper that tells us something about stable college admissions, and also something more general about large cores in matching w...

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Another art museum cancels sale of art in response to pushback

 The NY Times has the story about another last minute cancellation of a "deaccessioning" sale by an art museum: Baltimore Museum ...

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Crispr gene editing is apparently not yet so well understood

 The NY Times has the story: Crispr Gene Editing Can Cause Unwanted Changes in Human Embryos, Study Finds--Instead of addressing genetic mu...

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Lies, damn lies, and internet conspiracy theories

 One reason lies spread faster than true stories on social media is that lies can be designed to be clickbait, while the truth is constraine...

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Assisted reproductive technology in Japan's national health insurance

  The Financial Times has the story: Prime minister floats fertility treatment to boost Japan’s birth rate--Critics say making IVF cheaper ...

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Interviews with Fuhito Kojima, Bob Wilson, and Al Roth in the Japanese economic magazine Diamond Weekly

  Here are three interviews conducted by the journalist Kohei Takeda for the Japanese economic magazine  DIAMOND WEEKLY, on their website DI...

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Bernard Cohen (1934-2020), who convinced the Supreme Court that bans on inter-racial marriage were unconstitutional

  Flags flew at half staff in Virginia last month, marking the death of Bernard Cohen, and also marking how much has changed in Virginia and...

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New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia but not marijuana

  The Guardian has the story: New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia in referendum--Results must be enacted by the new Labour government ...

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America's "war on drugs" appears to be winding down after this election

 Vox has the story: Election Day was a major rejection of the war on drugs--In every state where marijuana legalization or another drug pol...

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Wearing military honors is a protected transaction

  The New Yorker has an interesting story that sheds light on how we think of honorable or exceptional military service, and how claims abo...

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Preference Signaling for the Otolaryngology Interview Market

 From the journal The Laryngoscope, a thoughtful description of the growing interest in signaling for medical residency interviewing (which ...

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Ethics of machine learning--an interview with Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth

  Amazon Scholars Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth discuss the ethics of machine learning--Two of the world’s leading experts on algorithmic bi...

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What do we know about the effects of payments to participants in challenge trials for vaccines, and other public spirited activities?

There is starting to be an empirical literature associated with payments for socially productive activities, such as participating in challe...

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Why I have signed election day letters

 I am a reluctant letter signer, but this election season I have signed two open letters.  My reluctance stems in part from the fact that, w...

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Challenge trials for Covid-19 vaccine are being planned (and a recent NBER cost/benefit analysis)

  Here's the NY Times: To Test Virus Vaccines, U.K. Study Will Intentionally Infect Volunteers--The hotly contested strategy of deliber...

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Paying participants in challenge trials of Covid-19 vaccines, by Ambuehl, Ockenfels, and Roth

  Here's a new short paper in Journal of Medical Ethics: (it's ungated, you can read it all at the link):  Payment in challenge stu...

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Citizenship for sale

  The Financial Times has the latest: Cyprus scandal exposes EU ‘golden passport’ problem  by  Michael Peel " No sooner had Cyprus mo...

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Auction of art from Jerusalem museum postponed at the last moment

The Guardian has the latest: Auction for Jerusalem museum’s treasures postponed at last minute--Sotheby’s in London had been due to sell mo...

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Vote! Here's another open letter, this one from business school professors

  Open letters are in season, and I've signed another one.  You can too, at the link. It’s Time for America’s Business Leaders to Spe...

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The Economist reflects on market designers as economic engineers, in celebration of the Milgrom-Wilson Nobel

 Here is The Economist on Milgrom and Wilson: The Nobel prize in economics rewards advances in auction theory--For the third time since 200...

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