Al Roth

No snappy punchlines, but diverse views among economists

A philosopher interviews economists about rational choice

A philosopher walks into an economist’s office…
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Nick Bloom discusses work from home

Econ To Go is a Stanford series in which Neale Mahoney, the director of SIEPR, interviews an economist.
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Boycotting HUJI to protest against Netanyahu et al. would be like boycotting Harvard and other top U.S. universities to protest Trump et al.

Would it be ok to pay for funeral expenses of deceased organ donors?

The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is once again planning its long-running summer school in Economic Theory (which was skipped last year, amidst war with Iran...)
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“We commend her fearlessness, leadership, and commitment to understanding what is lost and what is gained for everyone when opportunities for women contract or expand.”
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Anti-fascism should have broad support across the American political spectrum. Elections need to be defended. Here's an open letter from retired professors at HBS in which we call for business leaders to address that need.
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After an eventful life, with major accomplishments in business and philanthropy, Ed Peskowitz succumbed to kidney failure this week. I met him only after he had turned to philanthropy, and after he had received a kidney transplant.
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There's a tension between privacy (some of it constitutionally protected) and security, involving everything from street crime to terrorism, and citizen observers of government agents and others.
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Bravo!

Kidney exchange in India (one minute video)

In India, which already does the third most kidney transplants in the world (after the US and China), physicians and surgeons are making great progress on kidney exchange.
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You’re entitled to both type I and type II errors, particularly if you make them in a timely way:)

The 1981 paper is Roger Myerson's famous paper on auctions.

My 1982 paper had earlier been rejected by the JPE,with a letter from the editor, George Stigler, saying that the only economics in the paper was in the title.
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“at the intersection of algorithm design, economics, machine learning, and operations research. “
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Management consulting seems like a natural use-case for large language models.
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The relatively speedy publication in medical journals can be a treat compared to the more ‘stately’ progress of papers in economics journals.
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A gift from the geeks | EDITORIAL CARTOON Beware of geeks bearing gifts.

Ha!
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French medical residents struggle without a way for couples to match together

Married doctors face obstacles in France
#econsky #France #medicine
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NYT: "the loosening of marijuana policies — especially the decision to legalize pot without adequately regulating it — has led to worse outcomes than many Americans expected. It is time to acknowledge reality and change course."
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White House taps Jay Bhattacharya, CDC critic, to lead agency for now — The Washington Post The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.

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Pain experienced while dying may be partly spiritual.

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Robots aren't yet able to replace people: e.g. self-driving taxis aren't equipped to close a door left open by a departing passenger. So artificial agents need a task rabbit to recruit able-bodied (or at least embodied) workers.
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The CWA seems like a good choice among labor unions.

Joseph Halpern was an early explorer of the interface between computer science and game theory.

#econsky #cs
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“The combination of unblockable satellite communications, cheap spectrum networks and accurate GPS targeting means the only way to fight will be through drone vs drone combat.”
#econsky #army
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Publishers are still allergic to LLMs

Both computational and experimental
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Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag From Stonewall National Monument (but the Stonewall Inn is still in private hands)

Governments can still get pushback
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Moral Economics: Book cover and jackets

Getting a book out involves some tedium (e.g. trying to proofread the index) as well as many small excitements
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