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Matching Theory and Market Design: conference in Sicily.

Matching (kidneys) in Messina
#econsky #transplants
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14.05.2025 07:32 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

JAMA declined to publish this letter on kidney donation

I wrote a letter to the editor replying to a JAMA viewpoint that said we shouldn’t experiment with being more generous to nondirected donors of kidneys for transplant. JAMA readers won’t see my letter, but you can see it below. #econsky #lawsky #medicine
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25.04.2025 12:13 — 👍 18 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0

Co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social lays out two possible futures for agentic AI: autonomous AI agents that act on behalf of humans, or AI advisors that support human decision-makers.

Which path we take will have far-reaching implications for human agency, inequality, and the labor market.

25.04.2025 13:30 — 👍 25 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations to all.

23.04.2025 17:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

08.04.2025 20:03 — 👍 225 🔁 70 💬 5 📌 7

The Economist as Designer: Susan Athey's AEA presidential address

New ways for economists to make our way in the world #Econsky #SociologySky #AcademicSky
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02.04.2025 12:59 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

In Turkey, Critics of Erdogan See Democracy Eroding After Istanbul Mayor’s Detention Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is trying to prevent a top contender from running for president.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/w...

23.03.2025 18:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Atul Gawande on the destruction of USAID

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again. #Econsky,
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22.03.2025 11:21 — 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Insignificant for humanity but makes me feel good: My Journal of Economic Theory article just hit 100 citations!

17.03.2025 12:29 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Danny Kahneman's final decision

Danny Kahneman’s final decision was to travel to Switzerland to avail himself of the medical aid in dying laws there. (WSJ). #EconSky #AcademicSky

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15.03.2025 11:45 — 👍 38 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

What a shameful day for the United States of America! Very sad.

28.02.2025 20:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Consequences of suspending U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

foreign aid to fight infectious diseases is a kind of enlightened self interest, since infectious diseases that go around come around.

Aid for fighting AIDS, now suspended by Executive Order, is no exception.

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13.02.2025 13:27 — 👍 38 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0

Given how many submissions EC received this year, I would need to watch every Super Bowl in the history to finish following Aaron’s method 😂 But I was done yesterday. Looking forward to assignments!

11.02.2025 15:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Superbowl Sunday--bread and circuses today
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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Super bowl markets in ads and gambling (and also a football game)

09.02.2025 15:17 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Not yet! Almost there :)

10.02.2025 01:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

coed2025 The 14th Conference on Economic Design will be held at the Department of Economics, University of Essex, on June 23rd-25th, 2025. The conference contains papers from various fields including Economic...

I encourage you all to submit a paper to the 14th Conference on Economic Design. The conference is organized by Albin Erlanson at the University of Essex, June 23rd-25th, 2025. Paper submission deadline is 1st February, 2025. Hope to see many of you there 🙂
#econsky @vmdseminar.bsky.social

25.01.2025 08:49 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

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