Behavioral Economics: When Markets Clash with Morals Al Roth

Behavioral Grooves Podcast by Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan

Sep 21, 202677:13Science & Medicine

Horse meat, kidneys, prostitution. What happens when the things people want to buy, sell, and trade collide with what society has deemed “off-limits”? Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin “Al” Roth joins us to explore the...

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