Freakonomics At Play

There was an interesting article in New York times by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. In a recent move the US Congress raised the bounty on Osama Bin Laden from 20 million to 50 million dollar. This means that the US Congress believes that there is a farmer in Afghanistan or Pakistan who can differentiate between 20 million dollars and 50 million dollars-"20 million no way....50 million i will think about it." is what he will be thinking according to the US Congress.
One more reason this move wont work is because the informant seriously doubts whether he will really get the money, he feels he will have to share his booty with others .

Brillant!