Some solutions to moral hazard
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Some solutions to moral hazard

Note: This is post #67 in a weekly video series on basic microeconomics.

In the last post in this series we discussed a form of exploitation of information called moral hazard. What are some solutions to moral hazard? In this video by Marginal Revolution University, Tyler Cowen offers several potential fixes such as as countering asymmetric informational imbalances or reducing the incentive of the agent to exploit their information advantage.

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Joe Carter

Joe Carter is a Senior Editor at the Acton Institute. Joe also serves as an editor at the The Gospel Coalition, a communications specialist for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and as an adjunct professor of journalism at Patrick Henry College. He is the editor of the NIV Lifehacks Bible and co-author of How to Argue like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History's Greatest Communicator (Crossway).