Timeline for Name for phenomenon in which attempting to solve a problem locally can seemingly fail because they absorb the problem from elsewhere?
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| Nov 9, 2022 at 10:31 | comment | added | Dmitry Grigoryev | I think it's a bit different. E.g. in the OP's first example, the people who receive the benefit (the homeless) are not the ones who are supposed to contribute. They are free riders by definition. The real problem is to decide who is going to pay for their free ride. | |
| Nov 7, 2022 at 18:23 | history | answered | Burt_Harris | CC BY-SA 4.0 |