Students can deliberate the pros and cons of market economics and decision making in these cases, one involving food banks, the other involving terrorism. Food Banks’ Pickle: Getting Food To The Right Place At The Right Time (3:30 min. audio clip) discusses an efficient way to allocate food donations where needed most. And in Reviving Payoff For Prediction – Of Terrorism Risk (5 min. audio clip), Stephen Carter describes an electronic market where people bet on the likelihood of attacks as a way to deter terrorism.
