Moral economics : what controversial transactions reveal about how markets work
Roth, Alvin E., 1951-2026
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A Nobel Prize-winning economist shows us why we have to deal in trade-offs when we can't agree on what's right and what's wrong. Some of the most intractable controversies in our divided society are about what actions should be banned. Should women and couples be able to purchase contraception, access in vitro fertilization, and end pregnancy by obtaining an abortion? Should people be able to buy marijuana? What about fentanyl? Can someone be paid to donate blood plasma, or a kidney? Disagreements are fierce because arguments on both sides are often made in uncompromising moral or religious terms. But in this book, Alvin E. Roth asserts that we can make progress on these and other difficult topics if we view them as markets and understand how those markets can be fine-tuned to be more functional.
Main title:
Author:
Roth, Alvin E., 1951-, author
Imprint:
London : Basic Books, 2026.
Collation:
352 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399816625 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
9098209