Economics of Natural Disasters

 

     
1. 

Is Price Gouging Immoral? Should It Be Illegal?
5:04
Speaker: Matt Zwolinski

 

     

Want more? Check out what Matthew Yglesias over at Slate.com had to say in The Case for Price Gouging.

     
2.

The Broken Window Fallacy
3:09
Speaker: Art Carden

 

     

Want more? Economics professor Russ Roberts also wrote about the Broken Window Fallacy. Click here to read more!

     
3.

Economic Freedom in Disaster Recovery
(EconomicFreedom.org)
3:53
Speaker: Daniel J. Smith

 

     

Who Plans Best for Natural Disasters? Learn Liberty professor Steven Horwitz suggests an answer.

     
4.

The Price System, Part 1: Information
2:26
Speaker: Daniel J. Smith
 

     
5.

Unintended Consequences of Price Controls
4:44
Speaker: Antony Davies

 

     
Still looking for more information? We recommend this book:    

Economics in One Lesson

by Henry Hazlitt