{
  "id": 11257519,
  "title": "Alvin Roth to the rescue, the polity that is Singapore",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/alvin-roth-to-the-rescue-the-polity-that-is-singapore",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T18:26:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
    "slug": "marginal-revolution",
    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/10/alvin-roth-to-the-rescue-the-polity-that-is-singapore.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Singapore has introduced a dating platform, FirstDate, in an effort to combat its rapidly aging population. The app, piloted for public sector employees aged 21-35, employs a Nobel Prize-winning matchmaking algorithm. Users receive one match at a time and can rate their date experiences. FirstDate emerged from a government hackathon, aiming to increase potential matches and address Singapore's declining fertility rate.",
  "summary": "Singapore has launched a dating platform, the latest social-engineering experiment by the city-state’s government to tackle its fast-declining fertility rate. The initiative, known as FirstDate, opened under a pilot scheme this month for public sector employees aged 21-35 and uses a Nobel Economics Prize-winning matchmaking algorithm. An additional tool suggests date activities and allows users…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}