Tuesday, 23 October 2012

An Economist Who Saves Lives

"Few economists could honestly describe themselves as life-savers. Professor Al Roth from Stanford University in the United States doesn't describe himself that way either. But he is.

His application of a kind of mathematics developed as a thought-experiment 50 years ago is keeping hundreds - perhaps thousands - of people alive......"

Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20004050

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