Handy rules of thumb that shed light on why things are the way they are.
All tagged Law of Unintended Consequences
Handy rules of thumb that shed light on why things are the way they are.
How a Government effort to reduce the number of deadly cobras in British India led to more, not fewer, snakes.
Incentives don’t always lead to good behaviour.
How much of an excuse do we need to act criminally? Not much it turns out.
Sometimes in fixing one problem we end up creating another.