Author: Alvin E. Roth

Quotes

I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better.

I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better.

- Alvin E. Roth

Market design is about understanding the details of markets in sufficient detail so that we can help fix them when they are broken.

Market design is about understanding the details of markets in sufficient detail so that we can help fix them when they are broken.

- Alvin E. Roth

Maybe we could think of science as being like a nuclear chain reaction in which people and ideas bounce off each other, and if critical mass is reached, a new field is formed.

Maybe we could think of science as being like a nuclear chain reaction in which people and ideas bounce off each other, and if critical mass is reached, a new field is formed.

- Alvin E. Roth

A lot of people are surprised economists are assisting with kidney exchanges. Exchanges are what economists are good at.

A lot of people are surprised economists are assisting with kidney exchanges. Exchanges are what economists are good at.

- Alvin E. Roth

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