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Is it weird that my first thought reading this article was the episode of Freakanomics where they talked about how putting animals on the endangered species lis
by FussyZeus 7y ago
Is it weird that my first thought reading this article was the episode of Freakanomics where they talked about how putting animals on the endangered species list caused the price for their hides/mounted heads to go through the roof, and indirectly increase the demand and likelihood of poaching?
It's very sad that so many ways we go about trying to preserve history end up promoting it's destruction.
- mykowebhn 7y agoThe requisite posting of the Cobra effect whenever something like this comes up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
- FussyZeus 7y agoDidn’t know it had a name, thanks!
- chimi 7y agoYou might also be interested then in Reactance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactance_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactance_(psychology) Another example is where a product is banned like phosphate containing detergents which causes the market to go out and buy it all up.
- JamesBarney 7y agohttps://www.nber.org/papers/w12777 https://www.nber.org/papers/w12777 http://freakonomics.com/2007/01/06/is-the-endangered-species-act-bad-for-endangered-species-john-list-thinks-it-might-be/ http://freakonomics.com/2007/01/06/is-the-endangered-species... I think they found that areas that were going to be designated as protected areas experienced accelerated development over a one year time horizon.