Short showWhen Rewards Backfire
Discover how good intentions pave the road to disaster when performance metrics hijack human behavior. From healthcare to corporate boardrooms, this series explores the hidden economics and psychology behind systems that encourage cheating and corruption. Learn why measuring the wrong things leads to unintended consequences in business and society.
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Corrupted by the List
How a quest for prestige harms the students it should serve.
The Law That Killed by Saving
How a well-meaning rule led to thousands of deaths.
The Peril of Perfect Kidneys
A fairer system is leading to thousands of discarded organs.
To Save The Animals, We Destroy Their Homes
How a good law created a perverse incentive.
Saving the Man by Killing the Indian
The perverse logic of destroying a culture to 'help' it.
Dying to Give
Is compassion creating a perverse organ supply chain?
A Law That Made Food More Dangerous
How a plan to help allergy sufferers backfired.
France's Retirement Trap
How a safety net became a career exit.
The Pig Bounty That Bred a Pig Boom
How a plan to reduce a feral hog population backfired.
Solving Shortage by Selling Organs
How a legal kidney market created new problems.