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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
The impact of religion and science on life expectancy
21 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, health economics, technological progress Tags: life expectancy, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love (and oppose a label for)
20 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: antiscience left, expressive voting, food labelling, GMOs, product labelling, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
How infectious and deadly are the infectious diseases?
20 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: AIDS, Ebola, HIV, infectious diseases, measles
Visualised: how Ebola compares to other infectious diseases bit.ly/1sH3dDR http://t.co/vNadhO5NB6—
Guardian Data (@GuardianData) October 15, 2014
Yield of organic crops as percentage of conventional crops
16 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: agricultural economics, food snobs, organic farming
Yield of organic row crops as percentage of conventional
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C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 01, 2015
Why organic food costs more? -relative yield vs. conventional
ganaderiayagro.blogspot.com/2015/05/organi… http://t.co/xWcQiJoZ6K—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 01, 2015
Improvements in life expectancy since 1900
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, environmental economics, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, antiscience left, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, life expectancy, Quacks, The Great Escape
Salads poison more Americans than hamburgers
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Salads poison more Americans than hamburgers. vox.com/2015/6/11/8766… http://t.co/XlsFbp5g16—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 14, 2015
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