The spontaneous coordination that makes pizza, beer, hot dogs and croissants all reliably available—on time, on the shelf—for an unusual demand spike like Super Bowl Sunday is marvelous because it requires no central coordinator yet never produces shortages of the unusual goods nor surpluses of the displaced ones.

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Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

the example I like to use is that if you want to cross off on Super Bowl Sunday you can still get one... that doesn't happen there's always plenty of beer

Source

Dan Klein on Coordination and Cooperation 02/04/2008EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:36:53 AM

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