Governments often create incentives they hope will encourage people to act in ways believed to improve social well-being. Poorly structured incentives, however, can foster perverse outcomes, as illustrated in cases regarding pest control, tuberculosis prevention, homelessness, and the recovery of soldier remains in Southeast Asia.
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Caleb S. Fuller is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Associate Professor of Economics at Grove City College, and author of No Free Lunch: Six Economic Lies You’ve Been Taught and Probably Believe.
| Other Independent Review articles by David S. Lucas | |
| Fall 2019 | The Homelessness Industry: A Critique of U.S. Social Policy |
| Winter 2016/17 | Ending Homelessness: Why We Haven’t, How We Can |
