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Feb 11, 2021

An Economic Trolly Problem

Originally published May 18, 2020 I was recently rewatching the movie “The Big Short” about the 2008 financial crisis. At one point, Brad Pitt’s character Ben Rickert says, “Every one percent unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die.” I did a bit of digging around to fact check that statement, and…

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An Economic Trolly Problem
An Economic Trolly Problem
Adam Smith-Kipnis

Adam Smith-Kipnis

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