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Often people feel morally obliged to avoid doing something for the common good. But as soon you charge a fee people will assume that that fee reflects the soci
by Symmetry 11y ago
Often people feel morally obliged to avoid doing something for the common good. But as soon you charge a fee people will assume that that fee reflects the social cost and maybe start doing it a lot more.
http://freakonomics.com/2013/10/23/what-makes-people-do-what-they-do/ http://freakonomics.com/2013/10/23/what-makes-people-do-what...
Either don't charge money for something and use suasion to get people to use too much or charge enough that you're happy that they use as much as they can afford.
- landryraccoon 11y ago> charge enough that you're happy that they use as much as they can afford. Market rates for water, which is what you are describing, sound great.