Are We a Nation of Financial Illiterates?
…to know how to cook (please see statistics about obesity), it would add to the lives of people, and moms are now working full time and have stopped teaching that,…
In this special episode of Freakonomics, M.D., host Bapu Jena looks at a clever new study that could help answer one of parenting’s most contentious questions….
We often look to other countries for smart policies on education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. But can a smart policy be simply transplanted into a country as culturally unusual (and as…
Advertisers have always been adept at manipulating our emotions. Now they’re using behavioral economics to get even better.
Since doctors are human, they bring their own beliefs and preferences into the examining room. But they’ve also taken an oath to act in the best interest of all patients….
Can a clever new study shed light on one of parenting’s most elusive and contentious questions?…
…to know how to cook (please see statistics about obesity), it would add to the lives of people, and moms are now working full time and have stopped teaching that,…
American high school students today take significantly fewer health risks than did their counterparts in the early 1990s, although they do slightly worse in terms of obesity, asthma, exercise, and…
Over the past several weeks, we’ve hosted discussions on obesity, street charity, real estate, and environmental conservation. Here now is a quorum that lets people relive the just-about-gone summer. The…
Personal unhappiness may boost spending. New Web site lets users create their own carbon tax. (Earlier) Artificial sweeteners may cause more weight gain than sugar. (Earlier) Does all corporate culture…
…tie of obesity with cancer is unsurprising, as is the realization that diets high in animal fats, alcohol, and red meat confer a high risk of cancer. Fat has been…
New company plans to stop online identity theft. (Earlier) Does discrimination start in the brain? Obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking slash your chances of living to 90. (Earlier) How…
Photo: Andres Rueda I was on an airplane recently, daydreaming about the often-vast gulf between people’s declared preferences (what they say they’ll do) and their revealed preferences (what they actually…
…to choose grains over protein and fat, driving the obesity, diabetes, and heart disease rates higher, which shifts resources to those with government-granted monopoly rights to market pharmaceuticals to treat…
…Blacks and Hispanics. Which is troubling since it is shown to be a protective factor against all kinds of health problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, colon and breast cancer, obesity,…
…And, as we try to tackle obesity, locavorism is likely to raise the cost of precisely the wrong foods. Grains can be grown cheaply across much of the country, but…
…them on this blog — media piracy, obesity, cars — though in a considerably less apocalyptic context. Apparently this blog is way out of step with the pessimistic mainstream. [%comments]…
…start before they’re adults and that it’s incredibly hard to quit once you’ve started.” Emanuel also appeared in an earlier Freakonomics Radio podcast, “Is the Obesity Epidemic for Real?” In…
…social ills like obesity and a lack of education. It’s this inversion that’s at the heart of why many southerners—particularly in these areas—remember the war so fondly, or at least…
…As I say in my book, blaming play for these compulsive and addictive disorders that incorporate play is like blaming food for obesity. Are video games play? Most of those…
…rundown called “Food Inflation Kept Hidden in Tinier Bags.” It’s well worth reading. The funny part is that if the intention of the smaller packages were to fight obesity, the…
…of diabetes to multiple sclerosis and obesity. But a central feature of copyright law is that creations that have a function cannot be copyrighted. The more Choudhury’s health benefits are…
Submit your entries for the new NASA slogan. Will humans evolve based on high carb diets? (Earlier) The latest in prediction markets: how good will a new product be? Vote…
…Specifically, access to food stamps in childhood leads to a significant reduction in the incidence of “metabolic syndrome” (obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes) and, for women, an increase in…
…have argued that corn syrup is a great contributor to national obesity. — Already, one boutique soda company has trumpeted its return to using cane sugar instead of corn syrup….
…fresh over processed foods where possible radically reduces packaging waste in the h ome, with the added benefit of more health and less obesity. If you’re doing all that, your…
…better identification (for example, through screening programs) or better survival. The history of exceptionally heavy smoking and the more recent increase in obesity in the United States suggest that a…
Limiting child access to TV and Internet can lower their weight. (Earlier) Is online therapy the future of mental health treatment? Is Google recession-proof? (Earlier) 140-year-old math problem solved. (Earlier)…
…Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard; among his research topics are the economics of cities, housing, segregation, obesity, crime, and innovation. He writes regularly…
…pollution, contributes to congestion and creates accidents, levies on gasoline serve the same purposes as with tobacco or alcohol. The fourth sin category—fat or sugar—involves our concerns about obesity, and…
…Today’s rake-wielding first lady is waging war against obesity. During the Roosevelt administration, Dorothea Lange‘s photographs of child farm workers portrayed desperation. Today, the image of Michelle Obama surrounded by…