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Government Failure
In economics, government failure refers to situations where government intervention in the economy, intended to correct a market failure or improve economic outcomes, actually creates inefficiencies, worsens existing problems, or introduces new problems.
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Complete and Partial Market Failure
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Behind the Counter: Should Vapes Be Hidden Like Cigarettes?
28th August 2024
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The opportunity cost of closing police stations
5th May 2024
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Thames Water - Financial Crisis Deepens
13th December 2023
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Is the sugar tax cutting teeth extractions among the young?
17th November 2023
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City of Edinburgh Declares Housing Emergency
3rd November 2023
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4.1.8.10 Government Failure (AQA A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
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Water Crisis - What went wrong with Britain's water system?
27th October 2023
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1.4.2 Government Failure (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
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1.4.2 Government Failure (Edexcel)
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Government Intervention - Is it Time for a Meat Tax?
11th September 2023
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What are unintended consequences in economics?
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De-merit goods - should the government toughen gambling laws?
29th March 2023
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Economics of Commercial Bank Bailouts
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Government Failure - Trains in Spain
22nd February 2023
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Government Failure - Indian Alcohol Ban Drives Unregulated Liquor
31st January 2023
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Law of Unintended Consequences
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Development Barriers - Corruption and Conflict
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Working Poverty, Monopsony Power and the Informal Labour Market
30th December 2022
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New Zealand legislates to ban cigarettes for future generations
15th December 2022
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UK government attempts to defend their record on sewage discharges
6th September 2022
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Energy Price Cap Jumps Again - An Economic and Social Crisis Arrives
26th August 2022
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Evaluating Government Intervention
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Government Intervention - Economics of Carbon Taxes
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Evaluating government intervention
18th April 2018
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Government intervention - Paris announces car ban for central districts
23rd February 2022
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Plastic Packaging Tax (Revision Essay Plan)
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Public Goods and Market Failure (Revision Quizlet Activity)
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Welfare Loss from Indirect Taxes
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Government Failure - green homes scheme branded as a ‘slam dunk fail’
2nd December 2021
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UK government offers consumer subsidy for heat pumps
19th October 2021
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Maximum prices - Why rent control isn’t working in Sweden
27th August 2021
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Pigouvian Taxes - Beyond Meat boss backs tax on meat consumption
3rd August 2021
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Government Failure - Topical Examples
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Government Failure - Selection of Revision MCQs
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Government failure - green heating plans branded a 'total waste of money'
9th September 2016
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Government Failure - Wood Energy Schemes and Climate Change
23rd February 2017
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Government Failure (Revision Presentation)
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Revision Presentation on Government Failure
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Revision Video Government Failure
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Government Failure - Political Lobbying
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Hospitals face disruption as PFI contracts end
20th March 2021
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Plastic Pollution and Market Failure
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Sustainable Growth - News Update
12th February 2021
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Minimum Prices - 2021 Revision Update
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Policies for Market Failure (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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Government Failure (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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Market Failure and Government Intervention - Head Start activity
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Why do big government projects cost so much?
13th February 2020
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How serious is the UK about tackling climate change?
24th January 2020
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Unintended consequences: Does a plastic ban harm the environment?
9th January 2020
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Sugar (Soda) Taxes (Government Intervention)
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Should the sugar tax be scrapped?
16th July 2019
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Counter-intuitive effects of fuel subsidies in Madagascar
14th September 2019
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Market for Electric Vehicles (Revision Essay Plan)
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A* Evaluation on Public Goods
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A* Evaluation on Information Failures
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Key Micro Diagrams (Government Intervention)
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Key Micro Diagrams (Market Failure)
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Indirect Taxes (Government Intervention)
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Producer Subsidies (Government Intervention)
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Synoptic Economics Revision - Solar Energy Policy
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Energy Price Cap - Analysis and Evaluation Arguments
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Distributional effects of the Right to Buy Scheme
14th March 2019
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Rent Controls - Analysis and Evaluation points
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Producer support in markets
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Plastic Bottle Tax (Chain of Analysis)
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Should the UK rail industry be nationalised?
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Economics of an Energy (Fuel) Price Cap
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Edexcel Theme 3 Micro Knowledge Book - Government Intervention
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UK Plastic bag charge set to be doubled to 10p
27th December 2018
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Welfare Reform - Universal Credit
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Chief Medical Officer calls for extended sugar and salt bans
21st December 2018
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Housing Supply (Revision Essay Plan)
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Minimum Alcohol Pricing (Revision Essay Plan)
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Optimum “health tax” for meat calculated
8th November 2018
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External Costs of Pollution from Plastic
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Government floats ban on energy drinks for under-18s
30th August 2018
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Alcohol - how vested interests shape policy-making
24th August 2018
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What is the most convenient way to provide the public loo?
15th August 2018
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Government Intervention - Subsidies
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Maximum Prices (Government Intervention)
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Regulations (Government Intervention)
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Information Failure
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Government Failure
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Farm Subsidies (Revision Essay Plan)
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Are Britain's clean car goals sufficiently ambitious?
22nd May 2018
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Unintended consequences of setting targets
16th May 2018
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Financial Market Failure (Revision Essay Plan)
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Policies to Improve Food Affordability (Revision Essay Plan)
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Misguided sugar tax unlikely to be effective in tackling obesity
12th April 2018
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Sugar Taxes
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Minimum Prices for Alcohol: Evaluation
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Test 1: A Level Economics: MCQ Revision on Market Failure and Government Intervention
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Taxing De-Merit Goods (Chain of Analysis)
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Evaluation: A Minimum Price for Carbon
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The Apprenticeship Levy - A Case of Government Failure?
30th March 2018
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Pork Barrel Politics and the Principal Agent Problem
7th February 2018
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Privatisation and Regulation - FT series of articles
24th January 2018
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Credit card surcharge bans and government failure
18th January 2018
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Latte Levy - a surcharge for use of takeaway paper cups
5th January 2018
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Plastic Planet - An Economic and Human Crisis
30th December 2017
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Seven charts that explain the plastic pollution problem
10th December 2017
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Universal Credit - A Case Study in Government Failure
19th November 2017
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Evaluating the pub smoking ban
1st October 2017
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Evidence based policies are often built on sand
2nd August 2017
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Microeconomics diagram in your pocket
4th June 2017
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Cancer Drugs Fund and Government Fund
28th April 2017
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Further intervention suggested in Fixed Odds Betting Terminal market
31st January 2017
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Intervention in Markets - Will the legal highs ban work?
31st May 2016
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The Impact of rising house prices
12th April 2016
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Bacon sandwich with sugar, anyone?
27th October 2015
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Market Failure and Behavioural Policies - Research Assignment
7th February 2016
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Does UK government spending help the poorest – or the middle class?
3rd February 2016
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Ofwat and Regulatory Failure
13th January 2016
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Richard Branson on COP21 and Heathrow Airport (and possible conflicts!)
16th December 2015
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Market for ivory - prices, market failure and black markets
4th December 2015
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VW and government failure
24th November 2015
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Climate Change Policies - Finding the Right Mix
30th April 2012
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Cigarettes, demerit goods and government failure
12th July 2013
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Scotland introduces a minimum charge for plastic bags
21st October 2014
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Obesity - A Global Economic Issue
24th December 2014
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Wind Turbines - Government Subsidies have Unintended Effects
11th February 2015
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Building the Entrepreneurial State
2nd April 2015
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De-Merit Goods - Banning Legal Highs
30th May 2015
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Government Failure: Growth Voucher Scheme Branded a Failure
18th August 2015
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UK Steelmakers seek government help
24th September 2015
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Unintended consequences of the 5p bag charge
6th October 2015