When intervention makes things worse
When intervention makes things worse
Government failure occurs when government intervention creates a net welfare loss, leaving the economy worse off than it would have been without the intervention. In macroeconomics, this can happen when fiscal, monetary or supply-side policies are poorly designed or mistimed.
Step-by-step lessons on CIE Intl A Level Economics 10.3.3 existence of government failure in macroeconomic policies. Each one builds up to exam-style questions.