Who Gets WhatAnd Why, Alvin E. Roth
Who Gets WhatAnd Why, Alvin E. Roth
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Who Gets What—And Why
The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design

Author: Alvin E. Roth

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/02/2015

Synopsis

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 on a date or been asked out, you’ve participated in a kind of market. Most of the study of economics deals with commodity markets, where the price of a good connects sellers and buyers. But what about other kinds of “goods,” like a spot in the Yale freshman class or a position at Google? This is the territory of matching markets, where “sellers” and “buyers” must choose each other, and price isn’t the only factor determining who gets what.Alvin E. Roth is one of the world’s leading experts on matching markets. He has even designed several of them, including the exchange that places medical students in residencies and the system that increases the number of kidney transplants by better matching donors to patients. In Who Gets What—And Why, Roth reveals the matching markets hidden around us and shows how to recognize a good match and make smarter, more confident decisions.

About Alvin E. Roth

Alvin E. Roth, PhD, is the McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University and is one of the world’s leading experts in the fields of market design and game theory. He was a corecipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Athan on November 11, 2016

There’s an apocryphal story about how Richard Nixon’s speechwriter quit. Back in the days before the autocue became portable and discreet, speechwriters would create enormous flashcards through which the politician would flip during his speech. The famous last speech allegedly climaxed as follows: F......more

Goodreads review by Mara on June 14, 2018

[Preface/Warning: This is a long-ago unfinished review, but, in light of Lloyd Shapley's recent death, I figure it's time for me to just let it fly free as is.] And let the review begin: Well guys, I think I've discovered a real up and comer in the field of behavioral economics. Wait— what's that? He......more

Goodreads review by Ethan on September 29, 2015

Alvin Roth won the Nobel Prize in economics. If you didn't know that, well, this book will make sure you do. Oh, he has also taught some brilliant PhD students, who has solved some very challenging market-matching problems. Yep, Mr. Roth is nothing short of smart, brilliant, . As a writer, however, h......more

Goodreads review by Amin on March 28, 2019

"فارسی در ادامه" Devil is in the details! This is the number one lesson of this book for those want to bridge their knowledge to practice. Although sometimes the reader might get bored because of the details in some chapters, it was insightful to get more familiarized with the concepts such as matchi......more

Goodreads review by Aloke on December 30, 2018

I would include this in my list of books that explain how the world really works. Others on my list: Animal Spirits, The Great Escape. I feel like Factfullness would be another candidate and hopefully I’ll get to it soon.......more

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