Market Failure 8: Non-Efficiency policy goals (The right tool for the right job)
We conclude the market failure series by talking about what to do when you have goals besides allocative efficiency.
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Market Failure 7: Government Failure (There’s Always a Catch)
Unfortunately correcting market failures is an exercise in using one imperfect tool to fix the imperfections in another.
Market Failure 5: Imperfect Information (When life hands you lemons, call your mechanic)
What you don’t know can hurt everyone.
Market Failure 4: Collective Action Problems (Tragedies and Catch 22s)
Why can’t we all just get along?
Market Failure 3: Imperfect Competition (This game of Monopoly plays you!)
What happens when a small number of producers or consumers starts to gain control over the price system?
Market Failure 2: Externalities (Coase and Effect)
Economic decision-making becomes a lot more complicated when your decisions affect 3rd parties.
Market Failure 1: Ideal Markets (Why you should care about spherical cows)
To understand what a market failure is, you first need to understand the market successes.
Market Failure Introduction
In which I outline an eight-part series on how markets can fail, and what to do about it.
