More Kidneys Are Better Than Less Kidney Donation

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We don't have very many kidneys donateid in the united states through just the aincentive of altruism. And so there's an argument to be made that we should let people donate their kidneys for money. Now, i think you'd get more kidneys. You'd get kidneys from different people once you said it was up for monetary dondonation rather than just a pure altruism. But would you argue that it's immoral to monot is the donation of a body part? I'm worried about it.

Author, economist, and theologian Mary Hirschfeld of Villanova University talks about her book, Aquinas and the Market, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hirschfeld looks at the nature of our economic activity as buyers and sellers and whether our pursuit of economic growth and material well-being comes at a cost. She encourages a skeptical stance about the ability of more stuff to produce true happiness and/or satisfaction. The conversation includes a critique of economic theory and the aspect of human satisfaction outside the domain of economists.