Alvin E. Roth (on moral economics)
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Published
- April 22, 2026
- Duration
- 2h 15m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 5, 2026
Discusses Alvin E. Roth (Moral Economics, Who Gets What and Why) is a Nobel Prize-winning economist, Stanford …
Summary
Alvin E. Roth (Moral Economics, Who Gets What and Why) is a Nobel Prize-winning economist, Stanford professor, and author. Alvin joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in Queens with two schoolteacher parents, skipping a traditional high school path to attend college at 16, and how early academic exposure shaped his curiosity about markets and human …
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Alvin E. Roth (Moral Economics, Who Gets What and Why) is a Nobel Prize-winning economist, Stanford professor, and author. Alvin joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in Queens with two schoolteacher parents, skipping a traditional high school path to attend college at 16, and how early academic exposure shaped his curiosity about markets and human behavior. Alvin and Dax talk about pioneering kidney exchange programs that have saved thousands of lives, the surprising ways incentives influ