Episode 160: Crude Reactions

Ten years ago, an explosion on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon killed almost a dozen people and resulted in the worst oil spill in US history. This week, economist and environmental and regulatory expert Peter Van Doren joins us to discuss the incentives in play that contributed to the tragedy.

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Quick Hits

California’s Universal Basic Income

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2712

Wal-Mart as a Health Care Provider

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-25/walmart-takes-on-cvs-amazon-with-low-price-health-care-clinics

Foolishness of the Week

Gender Neutral Stores

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article240601601.html

Topic of the Week

Deepwater Horizon

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/26spill.html

Peter Van Doren

https://www.cato.org/people/peter-vandoren

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