College admissions are ideally a matching problem. In practice, on the margins of merit scholars, college admissions are a zero sum signaling game. This is not going to change the number of kids admitted to various schools, or the amount of scholarship money available
Now do housing! Or top-tier jobs. Or really anything with finite supply and infinite demand.
In fact, I read and enjoyed those—I don’t mean to take anything away from them. But I do note that “ideally X is a matching problem” is a framing that COULD be used for many topics, and I don’t have a great explanation for why it’d be correct for universities and not for housing.
Now do housing! Or top-tier jobs. Or really anything with finite supply and infinite demand.
OK, I’ll do housing as well, no problem. Or top tier jobs.
In fact, I read and enjoyed those—I don’t mean to take anything away from them. But I do note that “ideally X is a matching problem” is a framing that COULD be used for many topics, and I don’t have a great explanation for why it’d be correct for universities and not for housing.