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What does the supply and demand for human kidneys look like? If a market in kidneys were legal, who would get them? How does a law prohibiting kidney sales affect the quantity of kidney transplants or their distribution?

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The solution examines supply and demand for selling human kidney's. The expert determines if the market for kidneys was legal, who would get them.

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The demand for kidney would be very flat, meaning the quantity demanded increases drastically as price decreases while the supply of kidney would be very flat also, meaning ...

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