Economic Sense

Biotechnology, Food, and Applied Economics

Monday, January 20, 2025

The Great 'Flippening' in Food Politics

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Something strange has been going on recently when it comes of food politics. When we look at views held by those on the right and the left, ...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

Picture This: Putting Beef and Climate Into Perspective

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Beef has gotten a very bad rap when it comes to climate, and in the popular media but is it an exaggeration to say that reducing beef consum...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Behavioral Economics, Beef, and Climate

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Recently I've written a number of posts related to the behavioral economics of food choices, beef consumption and climate impacts. Pictu...

Nudging Back: Turning Off Your Camera May Be Good for the Climate

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How many of us have been nudged during a zoom meeting to turn on your camera? In recent research (Obringer, et al. 2021) published in the jo...
Monday, December 05, 2022

Canceling Science and Monetizing Outrage

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If we maintain the fantasy of a puritan separation of science and business then innovation will dry up and die. There will be no one left to...
Friday, November 11, 2022

Nominal GDP (NGDP) Targeting and the Supply Chain Knowledge Problem

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Background: The Supply Chain Knowledge Problem Last year a wrote a post titled  The Supply Chain Knowledge Problem addressing what I believ...
Monday, October 24, 2022

The Ethics of Dietary Nudges and Behavior Change Focused on Climate and Sustainability

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As discussed in McFadden, et al., 2022, when focusing on policies and behaviors related to climate change and sustainability we should consi...
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Applied economist focusing on the economics of food, health, and biotechnology.
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