Handy rules of thumb that shed light on why things are the way they are.
All tagged Law of Unintended Consequences
Snake care when setting a bounty
How a Government effort to reduce the number of deadly cobras in British India led to more, not fewer, snakes.
When incentives lead to bad behaviour
Incentives don’t always lead to good behaviour.
Why people need just the slightest of excuses to behave badly.
How much of an excuse do we need to act criminally? Not much it turns out.
Hot tin hat
Sometimes in fixing one problem we end up creating another.