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Another art museum cancels sale of art in response to pushback
November 12, 2020
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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
November 11, 2020
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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
November 10, 2020
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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
November 09, 2020
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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
November 08, 2020
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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
November 07, 2020
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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
November 06, 2020
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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
November 05, 2020
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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
November 04, 2020
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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
November 03, 2020
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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
November 02, 2020
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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?
November 01, 2020
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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
October 31, 2020
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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)
October 30, 2020
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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
October 29, 2020
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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
October 28, 2020
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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
October 27, 2020
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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
October 26, 2020
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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
October 25, 2020
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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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