Repugnant Markets: Where Blood is Sold and Kidneys Swapped
They’re shamed, banned, or driven underground but “repugnant markets” have a way of surviving. Organ sales, MAID, even blood sales fall into the category. Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth comes to Canadaland to discuss his latest book, Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal about How Markets Work.
Further Reading:
The Nobel Prize - Alvin E. Roth
Can economics save lives? - Alvin E. Roth
Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets - Alvin E. Roth
A Conversation with Alvin Roth - The Conversation
Kidney Paired Donation Program - Canadian…
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