VIDEO: Externalities, Explained (When Is a Potato Chip Not Just a Potato Chip?) - GRADE 10-12

Gerard Dericks
Jan 15, 2013
1 min read

A whimsical take on negative externalities using the example of potato chips. The video also discusses the difficulty of implementing a 'correct' Pigouvian Tax from both a knowledge standpoint (determining what the correct tax level is) and from a political economy standpoint (getting the correct tax actually passed - as opposed to another but more politically expedient one).

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VIDEO: Externalities, Explained (When Is a Potato Chip Not Just a Potato Chip?) - GRADE 10-12

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