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18. “Insurance Is Sexy.” Discuss.

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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The Unexpected Consequences of Post-Disaster Policies

When the government gets involved with insurance, it can come into conflict with other concerns. A recent working paper says excessive bailouts may encourage economic activity to remain in exposed areas. The same thing happens when people get very sick and cannot afford the care they need. That then creates this patchwork of confusing and arbitrary sets of availability of care.

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