Monday, November 17, 2008

Unit 1: Information failure while trying to get a tan

The BBC has a classic example of information failure

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7732712.stm video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7732690.stm article

a) What is the information failure in this market?
b) How might the market fail as a result?
c) What actions could the government take to reduce the market failure?

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