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Intro Econ 4: Scarcity & Pistachios

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The Problems With Quantity Regulations

The problem in California is the price of water is free. So if we want them to do a little less, what we do is make it, make them pay for it. In the global warming context, the same idea is we should impose a carbon tax. When you make something expensive, people do less of it.

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