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Radio 4,23 Jan 2013,15 mins

The Kidney Matchmaker

Pop-Up Economics

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Tim Harford finds an audience at St Pancras International in London, for this second edition of Pop-Up Economics. Tim tells the extraordinary story of Al Roth, the economist who worked out how to create a clearing-house for kidneys. Producer: Adele Armstrong.

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