Slate Money cover image

Will You Accept These Cookies?

Slate Money

00:00

What's the Winners Curse?

There is no single family housing in manhattan. The price mechanism, it's one of my favorite things in economics,. It's called the winners curse. And by the nature auctions, the people who overbid inevitably wind up winning the auction. So everyone always ends up paying too much for housing.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app