Externalities in the Organ Market

Check out this post over at EagleEconBlog by Taggert:

Wearing helmets while riding a motorcycle can have consequences for the organ donation market. This is a (negative!) externality only an economist can love.

This American Life Episode on Externalitites

Check out this funny episode on things that affected third parties: Ruining it for the Rest of Us.

Ring Dike Program in Minnesota and South Dakota

When I heard that the cost of the dike was $68,000 and the farmer would pay $8,000, this article caught my attention.

Here is the Wikipedia definitions of Market Failure and Externality.