Market Failures, Taxes, and Subsidies: Crash Course Economics #21
This week on Crash Course Econ, Jacob and Adriene are talking about failure. Specifically, we're talking about market failures. When markets don't provide a good or service efficiently, that's...
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Jacob: I’m Jacob Clifford Adriene: and I’m Adriene Hill and welcome to Crash Course Economics. Jacob: In the last few videos we’ve said a lot of nice things about how competitive markets allocate resources. You know, they do a pretty good job. Adriene: But nobody’s perfect. Sometimes markets get it wrong. Sometimes they fail. Sometimes the byproducts of production make people sick. Today we are going to talk about those market failures, and how economists address them. [Theme Music] In 2105, a story made the rounds online about a University of Maryland professor and an extra credit question: "Select whether you want 2 points or 6 points added onto your final paper grade. But there’s a small catch...if more than 10% of the class selects 6 p...
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Jacob: I’m Jacob Clifford Adriene: and I’m Adriene Hill and welcome to Crash Course Economics. Jacob: In the last few videos we’ve said a lot of nice things about how competitive markets allocate resources. You know, they do a pretty good job. Adriene: But nobody’s perfect. Sometimes markets get it wrong. Sometimes they fail. Sometimes the byproducts of production make people sick. Today we are going to talk about those market failures, and how economists address them. [Theme Music] In 2105, a story made the rounds online about a University of Maryland professor and an extra credit question: "Select whether you want 2 points or 6 points added onto your final paper grade. But there’s a small catch...if more than 10% of the class selects 6 p...
