Alvin Roth
speaker
677 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 11 May
Alvin Roth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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design markets and how we should fix them when they're broken.
So the idea that markets somehow appear magically is not a true statement about the way markets are.
It's like talking about roadways.
Roadways don't appear magically.
We build them.
Languages are another human artifact that
that seems to appear magically.
You and I are talking to each other in English, and we can't easily change English, but it changes all the time.
We're talking on a podcast, that's a new word that we use to describe this thing that we're doing.
So we're collectively modifying language all the time, even though often we don't think of it as an artifact, we just think of it as something we learned.
Well, society has big influences on markets, but I wouldn't say society designs them.
Think about Uber, which is a market for drivers and passengers.
It's a company.
It was designed by a company called Uber.
Now, cities regulate it.
California passes laws about how gig workers have to be treated compared to regular employees.
So lots of further design goes on.
And, of course, Uber modifies its market as it gains experience in its marketplace.
Again, one distinction that's helpful is to talk about –
marketplaces as being small parts of big markets.
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