Planet Money Summer School cover image

Intro Econ 4: Scarcity & Pistachios

Planet Money Summer School

CHAPTER

The Cost of Water Cuts

The community was running out of water. George has been working with farmers in this area his whole career. He said, listen, I have a proposal. Why don't we voluntarily cut our water use by 25%? And if we do that, the government has said it will not come in later and cut our water.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner