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Public bad
A public bad has negative effects (externalities) on people and their communities leading to a significant loss of social welfare. Examples of public bads include: The spread of infectious diseases such as Ebola, unauthorized / illegal surveillance by the state and modern slavery / human trafficking.
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Paris Votes to Triple Car Parking Charges for SUVs
5th February 2024
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1.3.2 Negative Externalities (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Public Bads
Study Notes
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New Zealand legislates to ban cigarettes for future generations
15th December 2022
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Negative externalities - UK nuclear waste cleanup operation could cost £260bn
25th September 2022
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UK government attempts to defend their record on sewage discharges
6th September 2022
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Key Diagrams - Negative Production Externalities
Topic Videos
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Externalities - No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021
24th March 2022
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Government intervention - Paris announces car ban for central districts
23rd February 2022
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Negative Externalities - Peruvian Fish Industry causes a stink
23rd January 2022
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Public Goods and Market Failure (Revision Quizlet Activity)
Quizzes & Activities
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Welfare Loss from Negative Production Externalities
Topic Videos
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Sugar Tax (Student Essay)
Practice Exam Questions
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COP26 - Coca-Cola’s 100 Billion Bottle Problem
31st October 2021
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Externalities and the Supply Crunch
8th September 2021
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Natural Capital - The Battle for Biodiversity
26th December 2016
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Economics of Market Failure Revision Quiz
Quizzes & Activities
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Public Goods (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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What are Public Bads?
Topic Videos
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Introduction to Market Failure
Study Notes
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Externalities - Turning the Tide on Waste
15th December 2020
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Negative Externalities and Indirect Taxes
Topic Videos
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Indirect Taxes (Government Intervention)
Study Notes
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Public Goods (Application Videos)
Study Notes
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Economics of Legalising Cannabis
Topic Videos
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Negative Externalities (Application Videos)
Study Notes
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Chief Medical Officer calls for extended sugar and salt bans
21st December 2018
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Optimum “health tax” for meat calculated
8th November 2018
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What is the most convenient way to provide the public loo?
15th August 2018
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Thailand afflicted by mountains of electronic waste
1st July 2018
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Negative externalities: The growing mountain of electronic waste
26th December 2017
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Seven charts that explain the plastic pollution problem
10th December 2017
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Brazil’s contaminated river Doce
12th November 2017
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How will we deal with all of the world’s rubbish?
31st October 2017
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How do you clear out a fatberg?
16th October 2017
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How Junk Food is Transforming Brazil
21st September 2017
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Pollution breaches by farmers on the rise
23rd August 2017
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Tackling 4 Million Deaths a Year from Air Pollution
19th April 2017
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Can China be Rich and Green?
13th September 2015