EconTalk

Sam Peltzman on Regulation

Nov 13, 2006 · 53 min · Episode 26 · 13.0 MB
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Sam Peltzman of the University of Chicago talks about his views on safety, regulation, unintended consequences and the political economy of bad regulation. The focus is on his pioneering studies of automobile safety and FDA pharmaceutical regulation and the perverse incentives that even good intentions can produce.