Read this thought provoking article by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) which analyses the work of NBER researcher Christopher Ruhm. Abstract The combination of economic and biological factors is likely to result in overeating, in the current environment of cheap and readily available food. This propensity is shown using a “dual-decision” approach where choices reflect… Read More
US Military Recruitment: A Tight Squeeze
An article by Ted Boscia (Assistant Director for Communications in the College of Human Ecology, Cornell University) At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas, a growing number of potential recruits are too fat to enlist, according to an analysis by Cornell economists. In the past half-century, the number of women of… Read More
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