Social Research at 90

Announcing the Spring 2024 issue

The Spring 2024 issue of Social Research marks the 90th anniversary of Social Research. The Spring 2024 anniversary issue reprints articles that have appeared in Social Research over the last 20 years. ...

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Social Research at 90

Market Failures

How do we protect consumers from their own mistakes?

Most motor vehicles emit pollution, including greenhouse gases, and use gasoline that increases national dependence on foreign oil. On standard economic grounds, the result is a market failure in the form of excessive pollution, for which some kind of cap-and-trade system or corrective tax is the best response, designed to ...
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Market Failures