Meat Philosophy
[We] surveyed several hundred philosophers and non-philosophers on their opinions about various moral issues; we also asked survey respondents to describe their own behavior on those same issues. … The...
View ArticleRome As Semi-Foragers
It seems that an “almost” industrial revolution happened around 500BC. For example, this graph of estimated world population shows a population jump then similar to the start of the ~1800 jump. Also,...
View ArticleBeware Fruits, Veggies?
Time in ’09: Christopher Ruhm … examined statewide mortality fluctuations in the U.S. between 1972 and 1991 and found that a 1% rise in a state’s unemployment rate led to a 0.6% decrease in total...
View ArticleNutrition Labels
Requiring food nutrition labels doesn’t get people to eat healthier: A study of New York City’s pioneering law on posting calories in restaurant chains … tracked customers at four fast-food chains —...
View ArticleLearn From A&P
Law and policy matters for innovation. Sometimes it matters by promoting innovation, and someday I hope we’ll have better intellectual property rights to better promote innovation. But today, and for...
View ArticleAlcohol As Placebo
A week ago I had dinner with a respected drug policy expert who disapproves of drug legalization because he sees big negative externalities from alcohol use, and expects legalizing other drugs to make...
View ArticleJapan’s Fat Tax
This has been going on for three years, yet I just learned of it: In 2008, Japan’s Ministry of Health passed the ‘metabo’ law and declared war against obesity. … Japanese people are normally envied for...
View ArticleFarm vs Pet Medicine
We now spend a huge fraction of income on medicine. Today the US spends ~18% of GDP on medicine, while in 1940 we spent ~4%. Why the huge increase? A supply explanation is that doctors have invented...
View ArticleThe Costs Of Savoring
Life has many pleasures, like tasty food, soft sheets, the smell of spring, sunlight through leaves, the touch of skin, the sound of a sweet song, etc. And the quality of these experiences vary with...
View ArticleAre The Trendy Shallow?
A lot of the press on Tyler’s new book has focused on his suggestion to avoid restaurants with pretty women: Beware the Beautiful, Laughing Women When I’m out looking for food, and I come across a...
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