Tag: books
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Unintended Consequences to the max
I have several posts on unintended consequences of government policies, starting with one on November 27, 2010. (Click the Unintended Consequences category to see them all.) I just ran across a book that focuses exclusively on this topic and makes the point that some policies don\’t just have minor negative outcomes but actually lead to…
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Advice from long ago to avoid the financial crisis
Government-guaranteed home mortgages … force the general taxpayer to subsidize the bad risks and to defray the losses.