Alvin Roth of Harvard won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics for designing systems that allocate resources in innovative ways. For example, he designed a system that matches donated kidneys to recipients waiting for such donations. This system takes into account the needs of each perspective recipient, their blood type, and the urgency of their case. This allocation of resources is made using

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The system designed by Alvin Roth uses personal characteristics such as blood type and urgency to match kidney donors with recipients.

Alvin Roth of Harvard Won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics