Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The Law of Unintended Consequences and Freakonomics

There is a well-known axiom in social science known as the “law of unintended consequences”.

It states that human actions and public policies designed to influence human behavior and produce particular outcomes will instead produce consequences that are unanticipated, unintended, and unforeseen.

What role does this “law” play in Freakonomics?

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