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Al Roth is an economist at Stanford University, known for his work in market design and kidney exchange programs.

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Freakonomics Radio
678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

Al Roth won his Nobel Prize for his work in market design.

Freakonomics Radio
678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

Today on Freakonomics Radio, how we think about death generally.

Freakonomics Radio
678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

One chapter is about the growing acceptance of assisted suicide or what is often called MAID or medical aid in dying.

Freakonomics Radio
678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

He's just published a book called Moral Economics, From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work.

Freakonomics Radio
678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

The reason I asked Al Roth whether Kahneman's decision might strike some people as repugnant is because Roth is perhaps the world's leading authority on what he calls repugnant transactions.

Freakonomics Radio
678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

I talked to Danny several times a year.

Freakonomics Radio
678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

So this person found Danny's decision, I would call it repugnant maybe because it really didn't include the feelings of people who loved him.