Showing posts with label law of unintended consequence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label law of unintended consequence. Show all posts
Monday, August 20, 2018

Metro Retail Stores Group’s Orwellian Press Release; the Unintended Consequences of Anti-Smuggling Regulations: Rice Shortages!

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Here is  an example of an Orwellian press release. From  Metro Retail Stores Group : 9.5% increase in sales! Php 344 million in pro...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

In India, Child Labor Ban Leads to More Child Labor

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Just one of the many examples of how noble-sounding statutes backfire when faced with economic reality.  From the Wall Street Journal R...
Saturday, May 05, 2012

Quote of the Day: Unintended Consequences of Regulations

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Unregulated, a business’s reputation is its most valuable asset. A regulated business does not have the same problem, so long as it obeys...
Thursday, April 07, 2011

Socialized Healthcare: Intentions versus Reality

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Socialized healthcare always seem as politically correct. That's because it is easy to sell compassion as a political theme. Gullible ec...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Earth Hour And Reality

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Bjorn Lomborg writes , (bold highlights mine) When we switch off the electricity, many of us turn to candlelight. This seems natural an...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Video: Law of Unintended Consequences-Best Intentions, Bad Results

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Many bear this silly or oversimplistic notion that laws and or regulations are immaculate. And that all it takes is for people is to have th...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

QE 2.0 Equals Capital Flight

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We have been told that QE 2.0 has been designed to help the US economy grow its way out of the recession. However evidence seem to show ot...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Example of Unintended Consequences From Tax Hikes

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As we earlier noted in Competitive Global Tax Structures As Major Investment Determinant , tax policies play a significant role in shaping a...
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

From Noble To Cruel Intentions: The Chemist's War of Prohibition

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This article from Slate Magazine is a lurid example of how government policies that are initially meant to attain noble goals turn up as vi...
Sunday, August 09, 2009

The Fallacies of Inflating Away Debt

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``In an inflationary world, deficit spending and an easy-money policy have other reasons. Deficit spending is resorted to simply because of...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Emerging Labor Protectionism In Japan

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In 1850 Frederic Bastiat wrote in his prologue the magnificent must read essay, That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen ``In the depa...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Protectionism: Clear and Present Danger

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In a crisis or a recession, populists demands from growing "nationalism" increases the odds for governments to embrace protection...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

News from The 1990s Foretold of this Crisis

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Debating who had been responsible for this crisis can take lots of academic vernacular to support or debunk the premises. But we don’t ne...