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Who Gets What ― and Why The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design

Alvin E. Roth

A Nobel laureate reveals the often surprising rules that govern a vast array of activities — both mundane and life-changing — in which money may play little or no role. If you’ve ever sought a job or hired someone, applied to college or guided your child into a good kindergarten, asked someone out...

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Freakonomics Radio

Kenneth Feinberg's book, 'Who Gets What?', was mentioned as a resource to learn more about his settlement work, particularly his experiences with calculating compensation for victims of tragedies.

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If you want to learn more about his settlement work, he's written two books. What is Life Worth? And Who Gets What?

— Episode: 344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Wort...

Episode: 344. Who Decides How Much a Life Is Worth?

Kenneth Feinberg's book, 'Who Gets What?', was mentioned as a resource to learn more about his settlement work, particularly his experiences with calculating compensation for victims of tragedies.

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If you want to learn more about his settlement work, he's written two books. What is Life Worth? And Who Gets What?

Episode: Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast)

It was described as a really wonderful book about the new economics of matchmaking and market design, particularly in the context of kidney transplants.

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Al Roth has now written a book, really wonderful book, I should say. It's called Who Gets What and Why? The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design.

Al Roth, high school dropout, Nobel laureate, author of the book Who Gets What and Why, began working on organ donation more than 40 years ago as it turned out.

Al Roth's greatest hope for his new book, Who Gets What and Why.

My hope is that this book will help you to see markets in new ways.

Thinking about the design of markets gives us a new way of looking at them, noticing them, and understanding them. My hope is that this book will help you to see markets in new ways.

Episode: 209. Make Me a Match

It was described as a really wonderful book that explores the new economics of matchmaking and market design, particularly in relation to kidney transplants and other matching markets.

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Al Roth has now written a book, really wonderful book I should say. It's called Who Gets What and Why? The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design.

Al Roth, high school dropout, Nobel laureate, author of the book Who Gets What and Why, began working on organ donation more than 40 years ago as it turned out.

And Al Roth's greatest hope for his new book, Who Gets What and Why.

Thinking about the design of markets gives us a new way of looking at them, noticing them and understanding them. My hope is that this book will help you to see markets in new ways.

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Pivot

It was mentioned in the context of discussing vaccine distribution and allocation, specifically addressing the challenges of fairness and efficiency in distributing a limited resource. The book's focus on allocation methods was considered relevant to the conversation about vaccine distribution.

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One of the questions, when you talk about getting more people it's so funny, because right now I'm reading this book from Alvin Roth, remember him, The Nobel Prize in Economics? It's called Who Gets W...

— Episode: The new COVID stimulus and Andy Slavitt...

Episode: The new COVID stimulus and Andy Slavitt on vaccine...

It was mentioned in the context of discussing vaccine distribution and allocation, specifically addressing the challenges of fairness and efficiency in distributing a limited resource. The book's focus on allocation methods was considered relevant to the conversation about vaccine distribution.

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One of the questions, when you talk about getting more people it's so funny, because right now I'm reading this book from Alvin Roth, remember him, The Nobel Prize in Economics? It's called Who Gets What and Why? It's all about, it's exactly what's that.

Stay Tuned with Preet

This was mentioned as one of the two books written by Ken Feinberg, alongside 'What Is Life Worth?', and was discussed in relation to his role in disaster relief and compensation.

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He's the founder and managing partner of Feinberg Law Offices and the author of two books, "What Is Life Worth?" and "Who Gets What?"

— Episode: Mueller Medley & What's Life Worth? (wit...

Episode: Mueller Medley & What's Life Worth? (with Ken Fein...

This was mentioned as one of the two books written by Ken Feinberg, alongside 'What Is Life Worth?', and was discussed in relation to his role in disaster relief and compensation.

"

He's the founder and managing partner of Feinberg Law Offices and the author of two books, "What Is Life Worth?" and "Who Gets What?"

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