The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design

Al Roth has written a book called Who Gets What and Why, the New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design. If market design is an ancient human activity, why does someone like him need to get involved? We're told that markets generally organize themselves with price being the glue that holds it all together. But there are some transactions where money cannot do what it does in a typical market. These atypical markets have to be set up differently - they have to be helped along by Al Roth.