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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To Save The Animals, We Destroy Their Homes

To Save The Animals, We Destroy Their Homes

How a good law created a perverse incentive.

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Saving the Man by Killing the Indian

Saving the Man by Killing the Indian

The perverse logic of destroying a culture to 'help' it.

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Dying to Give

Dying to Give

Is compassion creating a perverse organ supply chain?

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A Law That Made Food More Dangerous

A Law That Made Food More Dangerous

How a plan to help allergy sufferers backfired.

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France's Retirement Trap

France's Retirement Trap

How a safety net became a career exit.

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The Pig Bounty That Bred a Pig Boom

The Pig Bounty That Bred a Pig Boom

How a plan to reduce a feral hog population backfired.

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Solving Shortage by Selling Organs

Solving Shortage by Selling Organs

How a legal kidney market created new problems.

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The Wall That Was a Gate

The Wall That Was a Gate

How to make a fortress useless with poor pay.

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The Child Support Trap

The Child Support Trap

When helping your kids ends up hurting them.

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Manufacturing Madness for Money

Manufacturing Madness for Money

How Quebec turned orphans into patients for profit.

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