Who Gets What-And Why Audiobook
Who Gets What-And Why Audiobook
- Peter Berkrot
- Brilliance Audio
- 2015-06-02
- 7 h 43 min
Summary:
Alvin E. Roth distributed the 2012 Nobel Reward in economics for his pioneering research into marketplace design-the concepts that govern all sorts of markets where money isn’t the only factor in identifying who gets what. This includes everything from espresso shops to dating sites to car parking areas to internships to college admissions to kidney transplants. Showing how ubiquitous these marketplaces are, Roth requires us from an Aborigine tribe who organise marriages for their unborn grandchildren to the rise of websites like Airbnb and Uber, whose achievement is basically a function of amazing market style. Who Gets What-and How come a piquantly created, mind-expanding exploration of the markets that matter most to numerous of us. If you’ve ever sought a job or hired somebody, applied to college or guided your child into a great kindergarten, asked somebody out on a time or been asked out, you’ve participated inside a matching market. Roth reveals what factors make these markets function well-or badly-and displays us all how exactly to recognize a good match and make smarter, more confident decisions.