Thursday, July 25, 2019

U.S. China agricultural trade and the bailout boondoggle

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Late last fall, Choices Magazine from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) had a special issue on U.S. - China trade,...
Monday, May 06, 2019

USDA announces 3 finalists for ERS and NIFA location

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on May 3 announced three finalists for the potential new location of the Economic Research Servic...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Outbreak by Timothy Lytton

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The new book Outbreak  by legal scholar Timothy Lytton ( University of Chicago Press ; Amazon ) is both well-written and insightful about ho...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Preventing chronic disease (evidence versus Google's featured snippets)

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Scientifically dubious information may sometimes appear in Google's "featured snippets." An online search -- in Google of...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Should data on SNAP sales by retailer be available for analysis?

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The U.S. Supreme Court this week scheduled a hearing on April 22 about an important case for policies to address the adequacy of food retail...
Friday, February 08, 2019

The long road to the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, and the long road afterward

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Nutrition Today (.pdf) has published a nice history of the initial struggle to design and pass ... and the later struggle to implement ... ...
Wednesday, January 02, 2019

SSB taxes from the distinct perspectives of diverse stakeholder groups

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Previous studies found sugar-sweetened beverage taxes are cost-effective from the societal perspective. Our new article in the American Jour...