“Paper or Plastic?” How One Market Intervention Requires Another to “Correct” the Original One
California’s 2014 ban on “single-use” plastic bags was supposed to lead to less waste of plastic, which hasn’t happened. Now environmentalists are demanding the state ban the same plastic bags mandated by the original legislation. One intervention begets another and another.
Original article: “Paper or Plastic?” How One Market Intervention Requires Another to “Correct” the Original One
