Wednesday, December 04, 2019

What are the First Amendment obstacles to mandatory front-of-pack labeling?

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Suppose the government wanted to require front-of-pack nutrition labels for packaged food and beverages, making it easier for consumers to s...
Wednesday, October 02, 2019

What the new studies REALLY say about red and processed meat

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New studies this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine have generated much fiery news coverage. For example, Time 's headline say...
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Friday, September 27, 2019

Processed meat labels saying "uncured" and "no nitrites added" are misleading

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A large body of evidence reviewed by the World Health Organization found that processed meat consumption increases the risk of cancer. Seeki...
Saturday, September 07, 2019

Illinois specialty farmers talk about inequities in the trade war bailout

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Tufts Friedman School alum Jeff Hake is featured in yesterday's report from the Illinois State University NPR Station, WGLT . Jeff Ha...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Mystery and discovery in the economics of fishing on the high seas

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Fishing on the high seas may frequently be economically unsustainable, according to an analysis last year by Enric Sala and colleagues in Sc...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Federal government's beef checkoff program buys advertising to discourage grocers from stocking plant-based alternatives

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The federal government's beef checkoff program this week is running advertisements in GroceryDive , a trade news site, targeting grocery...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Are SSB taxes good or bad for the poor?

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In an economic sense, the optimal soda tax is surprisingly high, even if one values economic redistribution and opposes "regressivity...