AS Economics Revision - Government Failure

Here is an updated revision presentation on the key topic of government failure. Many AS micro questions ask students to explore the reasons for and impact of different types of state intervention in markets. An awareness of when that intervention may create secondary problems and inefficiencies is useful in building evaluation marks. This presentation looks at some of the possible causes of government failure and offers a range of recent examples. A note of caution - normative economics cannot be avoided here. Some of the examples of what I regard as government failure may not tally with that of yourself or your teacher! There are some links to explore within the presentation.

Revision Presentation - Government Failure

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Unit 1 Micro: Market Failure in Private Health Care [8 Apr 2012]
Unit 3 Micro: Monopoly and Economic Welfare [6 Apr 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Revision on Real Disposable Income [2 Apr 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Revision on Maximum Rents in Housing [1 Apr 2012]
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The minimum alcohol price debate [23 Mar 2012]
Solar Panels and Tariffs [21 Mar 2012]
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Evidence of the dangers of protectionism [9 Mar 2012]
The Lorax and market failure. [2 Mar 2012]
10 Solutions to Binge Drinking [21 Feb 2012]
Externalities in Action- TED Talk [23 Jan 2012]
Externalities in song [22 Jan 2012]
Externalities Cartoon [22 Jan 2012]
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Unit 1 Micro: Revision MC Questions on Negative Externalities [8 Jan 2012]
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Unit 1 Micro: Externalities from Metal Theft [2 Jan 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Video Clips on Negative Production Externalities [29 Dec 2011]
Regulatory Capture at HMRC? [22 Dec 2011]
Great Blog to Follow - Joseph Rowntree Foundation [22 Dec 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Sub Normal Profits - BP Leaves the Solar Industry [21 Dec 2011]
Behavioural Economics: Herd Behaviour [28 Nov 2011]
Keeping it local [24 Nov 2011]
Trading Troubles [29 Oct 2011]
Unit 1 Micro: Is the Sun Dipping on Solar Subsidies? [27 Oct 2011]
Alcohol. Discuss! [18 Oct 2011]
The Return of Protectionism? [12 Oct 2011]
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Fat tax: Denmark [5 Oct 2011]
Fuel for Thought [5 Oct 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Protectionism [3 Oct 2011]
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Unit 1 Micro: Exercise on Market Supply [26 Sep 2011]
Friday night out at A and E [5 Sep 2011]
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Merit goods, information failure, and an ironic death! [6 Jul 2011]
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No more lighting up in Central Park? [25 May 2011]
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Electric car charging points ‘shortfall’ [11 May 2011]
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Tuesday Talks - the cycling city [8 Mar 2011]
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Fraud hits EU carbon emissions trading [20 Feb 2011]
The rise of the consumer regulator [15 Feb 2011]
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Economics solar power government subsidies [8 Feb 2011]
High taxes stimulate rise in smuggling of cigarettes [6 Feb 2011]
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The Externalities of Plastic [24 Jan 2011]
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Pull the other one…... [13 Nov 2010]
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Switching Off Street Lighting [10 Nov 2010]
Economics at the Movies - Four Yorkshiremen and Happiness Economics [31 Oct 2010]
A2 Micro: Monopoly Price and Output [28 Oct 2010]
Picturenomics (1) - Congestion and Externalities [18 Oct 2010]
Bad Snow Fall in London? [11 Oct 2010]
Running out of Monet [1 Oct 2010]
Scotland nudges towards minimum alcohol price [3 Sep 2010]
Raising money from taxation - a BBC guide [31 Aug 2010]
Measuring what makes life worthwhile [24 Jun 2010]
A selection of revision notes on global trade and protectionism [3 Jun 2010]
Finding new opportunities among the economic wreckage [1 Jun 2010]
AS Macro Revision: Cost Push Inflation [31 May 2010]
Government failure - extereme version! [28 May 2010]
Economics of the EU Revision - Carbon Taxes [26 May 2010]
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Two examples of government failure [20 May 2010]
A2 Economics Revision - Direct and Indirect Taxation [9 May 2010]
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Spare swine flu vaccine - government failure or good planning? [8 Apr 2010]
Regulatory Capture [22 Mar 2010]

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