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How much for that egg

Apr 18, 2025 · 31m
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  • An NPR colleague offers excess farm-fresh eggs at a fair price during a shortage, requiring an innovative distribution system beyond simple auction
  • Planet Money develops novel systems to allocate scarce resources, borrowing from product development and development economics methodology
  • The episode explores creative pricing and allocation methods, including a discovery of a game-show-style mechanism used in development economics

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