Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast)
Sure, markets generally work well. But for some transactions — like school admissions and organ transplants — money alone can't solve the problem. That's when you need a market-design wizard like Al Roth.
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Explore "market design" with insightful episodes like "Make Me a Match (Rebroadcast)", "311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up?", "209. Make Me a Match" and "15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It!" from podcasts like ""Freakonomics Radio", "Freakonomics Radio", "Freakonomics Radio" and "Freakonomics Radio"" and more!
Episodes (4)
311. Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up?
The public has almost no chance to buy good tickets to the best events. Ticket brokers, meanwhile, make huge profits on the secondary markets. Here's the story of how this market got so dysfunctional, how it can be fixed – and why it probably won't be.
Freakonomics Radio
en-usDecember 07, 2017
209. Make Me a Match
Sure, markets generally work well. But for some transactions -- like school admissions and organ transplants -- money alone can't solve the problem. That's when you need a market-design wizard like Al Roth.
15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It!
What happens when the most disturbing ideas are also the best?