whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. The hazard of market dominance
(Analysis/Analysis)

In an average retail business, overall profit margins can be anywhere between 10% to 20%. That means that the business only makes a profit from four or five days of every month. If a business loses a

2. China, Toys And The Tragedy of Xenophobia
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ys with paint containing too high a lead content and poorly attached magnets that could present a choking hazard to tiny tots. Mattel was quick to cast the blame at their largest manufacturers in Ch...

3. Do you hate the poor enough to be charitable?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...here is no point to becoming healthy. It is a terrible problem. The simplest way to deal with the moral hazard of unemployment benefits is to say that the state will, through taxes, provide everyone...

4. One Laptop Per Child, now costing 75% more ...
(Analysis/Analysis)

I have had an ambivalent attitude to the One Laptop Per Child project ever since Nicholas Negroponte, stumped for an answer on the ultimate purpose of the computer, declared, "... there is no el

5. While no-one was watching
(Analysis/Analysis)

....  We received a report about an organisation that was neglecting the children in their care. Moral hazard abounds.  The Department of Social Services will pay a foster parent a grant for e...

6. Bringing Capital to Small Enterprise
(Analysis/Ideas and Challenges)

...tion economically feasible, we must remain cognizant of the need for accountability and cautious of moral hazard. Diversification, combined with a bottom up approach to default risk can tempt the SPV...

7. Government rewards the worst schools for poor performance
(Analysis/Analysis)

... worst schools get extra cash to assist them out of their difficulties.  This results in the ((moral hazard)) situation where ((teachers)) get paid MORE when they do a worse job.  The ((unio...

8. The quiet nobility of the men by the side of the road
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e time assisting those who do not help themselves than those who try.  By doing so we create a moral hazard where we encourage people to be less effective than they could be. One of the most hor...

9. Is the $ 100 laptop no more than a really expensive light-bulb?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ooks – using them as a light-bulb isn’t high on my list. There is also the question of moral hazard, that niggling thing that economists worry about.  If you give your child a mobile...

10. Vouchers and Individual Choice
(Analysis/Analysis)

Moral hazard is what happens when I spend other people’s money on myself. I don’t care too much about what things cost, or how profligate I may be. But at least I get what I want. Things g