Alvin E. Roth in Menlo Park | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

"Alvin E. Roth Thu, May 21, 7pm, $11-$51 Kepler's Books, Menlo Park"

"The book is Moral Economics, his new argument that some of our ugliest public fights make more sense when you stop treating them as pure morality plays and start looking at them as markets with consequences."

"With fellow Nobel winner Paul Milgrom joining him, this should be smart without getting bloodless, and probably sharper, funnier, and more contentious than the phrase market design first suggests."

"Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth is not exactly light entertainment, but this does sound like the rare bookstore talk built to pull in people beyond the usual policy crowd."

Moral Economics presents an argument that public fights often become clearer when treated as market-like systems with consequences. The approach shifts away from viewing disputes solely as moral dramas. The work is framed as a bookstore event intended to attract readers beyond typical policy audiences. Alvin E. Roth, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, is joined by fellow Nobel winner Paul Milgrom. The presentation is expected to be intellectually rigorous while remaining engaging rather than bloodless. It is also expected to be sharper, funnier, and more contentious than the term “market design” might imply.

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