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Al Roth's Nobel Prize-winning algorithm for kidney transplants
TLDR Al Roth, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, discusses the potential benefits and drawbacks of creating a market for buying and selling human organs, exploring economic principles to address controversial issues and objections to the idea.
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Al Roth's Nobel Prize-winning algorithm vastly improved kidney transplants, but he believes buying and selling organs could be a more efficient solution.
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Al Roth explores the idea of using economic principles to address controversial issues like trading human organs and the consequences of banning certain activities.
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Al Roth considers different objections to creating a kidney market, including concerns about exploiting vulnerable individuals and income inequality, proposing solutions like solving poverty or offering tax breaks to wealthier donors.
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Suggestions for optimization will be discussed after the break, including ideas for aspirational girl bosses and stock traders, with messages from sponsors interspersed throughout.
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Contestants on a Swedish game show were studied to analyze retaliation behavior through question-throwing dynamics.
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Retaliation in response to attacks is effective in a game show, with men retaliating more than women, but women who retaliate experience a stronger effect in warding off future attacks.
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Insider trading may have benefits in terms of price discovery and better allocation of resources in the market, despite the common belief that it is unfair and discourages trade by non-insiders.
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Insider trading can be seen as a form of compensation for good work within a firm, allowing employees to benefit from their contributions before others.
