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Law and Order: SVU - Black Market Kidneys
From Law and Order SVU: Episode 622 - Parts (2005).
Thousands of people in the United States are on a waiting list to receive a kidney. Every day, over a dozen people on this waiting list die. Kidneys must be donated, and cannot be sold. In other words, there is a price ceiling of zero on kidneys. Economists believe this is the reason for the severe kidney shortage. Would there be more kidneys (and fewer deaths) if people were allowed to sell their kidney? Price ceilings cause black markets to develop to help alleviate the shortage.
Contributed by
Dave Brown