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Authored by

Jason Brennan
Jason Brennan
Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor

Originally Appeared In

Panam Post

Black Markets Kill

Should governments allow individuals to sell their extra kidneys on the market? Right now, about 99,000 US Americans are on the active waitlist for kidney transplants. Most will not get kidneys. People are simply not willing to give away the organs others need.

However, some people are willing to sell kidneys, and others are willing to buy them.

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