93 Alvin Roth - The New Economics of Who Gets What—and Why

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🗓️ 10 July 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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On the show this week we talk to Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist Alvin Roth about his latest book Who Gets What—and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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