The Cobra Effect: Unintended Consequences in British India

The Cobra Effect is a story of unintended consequences. In British-controlled India, the government tried to offer an incentive to help curb the rampant deadly cobra problem. Their solution backfired. This is the story of the model that economist & sociologists call the “Cobra Effect.” Then comedy writer Jimmy Mak comes on the show to play the quick quiz!

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The Cobra Effect

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Sources for this episode:

https://the10group.com/the-10-group/the-cobra-effect-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/

https://nesslabs.com/cobra-effect

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/42110

https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/systems-thinking-and-the-cobra-effect


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/machiavellians-gulling-the-rubes/202010/the-cobra-effect-no-loophole-goes-unexploited


https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/intzeit9&div=12&id=&page=)


https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1eeko3/is_there_any_proof_for_the_history_behind_the_so/

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-perspective/delhi-beware-of-the-cobra-effect-762366.html

https://nainyte.com/how-do-you-avoid-the-cobra-effect-and-its-unintended-consequences/


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