Chapter 3 delves into positive and negative externalities and some of the results that occur due to such externalities. The most intresting thing in the chapter was the Czech republics smoking population and how much money they saved due to the negative externality of the smokers dying early. I would have guessed that they saved thousands of dollars but to think they saved 28 million is unreal. It seems dark that the government basically wants their smokers to die. I wonder if smokers are given less treatment in medical facilities because the government wants them to die quicker to make more money.
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