Follow the Incentives: The Cobra Effect of Modern Capitalism

Pay for a service and you get the service; pay for a number and you get the number — whatever it destroys. Cobras, credit scores, CEO pay and the incentives that bite back.

Playlist by @agency_problem

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Why do CEOs make so much money now? — Good Work
2. Are CEOs Overpaid? | CEOs vs Blue Collar Workers — Nectar
3. A Price Is a Signal Wrapped Up in an Incentive — Marginal Revolution University
4. Incentives: The Usual Suspects | Cash Course | PragerU — PragerU
5. The Power of Incentives - How Games Help Us Examine Our World - Extra Credits — Extra Credits
6. Startup Stock Options Explained - Startups 101 — Slidebean
7. WTF Do CEOs Actually Do All Day? — How Money Works
8. Why A Record Number of CEOs Are "Resigning" — How Money Works
9. What Cobras Can Teach Us About Incentives — Foundation for Economic Education
10. Steve Levitt - Why Incentives Don't Work — leadersinlondon
11. Here's Why Top CEOs Make 100x More Than Their Workers — CNBC Make It
12. Incentive theory | Behavior | MCAT | Khan Academy — khanacademymedicine