Whole Foods Puts Its Mouth Where the Money Is
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who recently published a controversial op-ed on health care, announced that the company will soon offer higher store discounts for healthier employees. Read More »
You Say Recovery, I Say Potato
My latest Marketplace commentary returns to a topic I touched on earlier this week: the fact that when economists talk about a “recovery” being underway they are talking about something completely different than when Joe Public says he’s waiting for the “recovery” to begin. Read More »
A Myth of Grass-Fed Beef
On the PBS website for the muckraking documentary King Corn-a film that roundly attacks industrial agriculture-the following declaration is made: “Before WW II, most Americans had never eaten corn-fed beef.” This claim, which has become a mantra in sustainable agriculture, is more often than not dispatched to rally support for grass-fed beef-a supposedly healthier and more environmentally sound way to feed cattle-which is to say, in accordance with the rhythms of nature rather than the time clock of industry. Read More »
Volvo Weighs in on Child Car Seats
I was excited to see that an automobile manufacturer had weighed in on car seats and child safety. One facet of the argument we make against the efficacy of child car seats is that government standards for car seats cut the automakers out of the safety loop to some degree, creating some misaligned incentives between regulators, automakers, and car-seat manufacturers. Read More »
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