Unintended consequences of interventions

1. Malaria nets given to poor people for protection turn into fishing nets. Malaria problem persists. Poisoning added

2. Fish stock declines. Focus is on subsidising Coconut farming to boom fish stock by diverting people away from...

...fishing. Coconut farmers have more free time and more money. More money used to buy sophisticated fishing equipment. Fish stock declines faster than before.

3. Microfinance loan intervention for women to increase household income. Loans solves cash flow problems...

...more problems arise. Intimidation, corruption and domestic violence arise.

4. Delhi under British govt has venomous Cobra problem. Govt starts a program to pay locals for every dead cobra. Govt finds out people are breeding cobras for income. Govt scraps program. Breeders set cobras free. Cobra population increases.

Cobra Effect

5. Mao introduces new hygiene idea. Target rats, flies, mosquitoes and sparrows. Sparrows are considered pests because they feed on grains. He orders sparrows to be culled. Unfortunately, sparrows fight locusts as delicacy. No sparrows to eat locusts...

Locusts devour crop fields. Farmers record heavy losses.

Four Pests Campaign.

6. China puts in place One Child policy. Cultural preference for boys set in. Female infanticide, dangerous hood abortions and child abduction. Gender imbalance strengthens

7. Adding this one to it.

US: Gaddafi. Libya. Obama. Slave trade. Guns trade.

8. Taking down Pablo Escobar weakens Medellin Cartel. Good. Problem is this strengthens the Mexican drug trade. Drug and turf wars keep going on

9. In 1917, abolitionists started a process of prohibiting the manufacture, sales and importation of alcoholic beverage in the United States. By 1919, the National Prohibition Act was passed by both chambers and it took effect between 1920 and 1933. Success yea? No

In the period, the ban created a world of gangsterism, bootlegging and violent turf wars. Alcohol was illegally manufactured, sold and imported.

Organized crime had been created and the US govt had this to deal with

10. Sacramento Regulations proposing ride-sharing platforms convert drivers to full time employees and provide Healthcare etc. Uber and Lyft realised the regulation is not in favour of business model and announced shutting down services in California.

This leaves 220k drivers jobless in COVID-19 times.

Uber - 140k riders in California
Lyft - 80k riders in California.