Episode 134: Benevolence Backfires: The Cobra Effect
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The Unintended Consequences of Government Decisions
Sally Kohn: Bernie Sanders has called for a seizure of the means of electricity production in the United States. She says we often look at that and think, gee, what could possibly go wrong? But she says when we say that, what we're really saying is what are the unintended consequences here? Kohn: Most politicians never ask. No, they don't. And unintended consequences are often hard to anticipate.
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