via Kids Create A Black Market At School To Bypass Food Nannies – Investors.com.
Kids Create Cafeteria Black Market To Bypass Food Nannies
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, survivor principle Tags: black markets, economics of prohibition, entrepreneurial alertness, food, nanny state, police, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
A great incentive to donate blood in Sweden
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: blood donors, entrepreneurial alertness
In Stockholm, blood donors get a text when they’ve saved a life citymetric.com/horizons/stock… http://t.co/JIPXFfKtbM—
(@CityMetric) June 29, 2015
The power of prayer
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of religion, health economics Tags: child health, child mortality, conjecture and refutation, modernity
Whatever happened to tuberculosis?
28 Jun 2015 1 Comment
in health economics Tags: tuberculosis, vaccines
A taxonomy of the Moon Landing hoax
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, moon landing, moon landing hoax, political psychology, space
Boozy baby boomers?
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: alcohol regulation
Mad Men makes the 1960s seem like a nonstop booze-fest. This chart proves it wasn't. bit.ly/1EdM9qu http://t.co/1dE5SA5Kdc—
Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) May 06, 2015
The effects of spaceflight on the human body
27 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: space travel
The share market speaks – Supreme Court’s Obamacare Decision Already Worth $3 Billion For Insurers
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in financial economics, health economics, politics - USA Tags: events studies, Obamacare, share prices
via The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Decision Is Already Worth $3 Billion For Insurers | FiveThirtyEight.
Does Honey spoil?
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: food
Banning Bottled Water: the Unintended Consequences.
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - USA Tags: meddlesome preferences, nanny state, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
Starting in 2012, the University of Vermont began a process of requiring that all campus locations selling beverages provided 30% “healthy” beverages, and then that all locations phases out all sales of bottled water.
There were two hope: 1) reduced use of bottles, when bottled water was no longer available, and 2) that healthier beverages would be consumed.
The orange line that drops to zero shows bottled water being phased out. The rising line at the top shows the rise in sugar-sweetened beverages. The red line in the middle that rises sharply shows the rise in sugar-free beverages.
via CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Banning Bottled Water: Unintended Consequences.
Is a Paleo Diet Healthy?
24 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: fads, food snobs, Paleo Diet
I've eaten paleo since before it was named "Is a Paleo Diet Healthy?" -@WSJ on.wsj.com/1ECneNM @waldemaringdahl http://t.co/HIqLNzg7DN—
Old Whig (@aClassicLiberal) March 23, 2015
Dying to be famous: the mortality rates of 1489 rock and pop stars, 1956 and 2006.
24 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, Music, occupational choice Tags: compensating differentials, life expectancy, risk risk trade-offs
Rock/pop star mortality increases relative to the general population with time since fame. Increases are greater in North American stars and those with solo careers.
Relative mortality begins to recover 25 years after fame in European but not North American stars. Those reaching fame from 1980 onwards have better survival rates.
For deceased stars, cause of death was more likely to be substance use or risk-related in those with more adverse childhood experiences.
Those reaching fame from 1980 onwards have better survival rates.
For deceased stars, cause of death was more likely to be substance use or risk-related in those with more adverse childhood experiences.
The opportunity cost of renewable energy subsidies
22 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism, evidence-based policy, global warming, green rent seeking
Green parties score 2/3 on this test?
21 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, technological progress Tags: 9/11, anti-vaccination movement, antiscience left, conspiracy theories, expressive voting, GMOs, inspiriting theorists, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, risk risk trade-offs, vaccines
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