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Natalie Cole’s Kidney Meets the Law of Supply

Why is there a kidney shortage? Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker claims it’s because there’s no market for them, since the buying and selling of organs is illegal. Or put differently, when the maximum amount of money you can get in return for a kidney is $0, the demand is always going to be higher than the supply.