Thursday, December 30, 2021

Facts, Figures, or Fiction: Unwarranted Criticisms of the Biden Administration's Failure to Target Methane Emissions from Livestock

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Background Methane has gotten a lot of attention recently in relation to   fighting climate change : "The oil, gas and coal industries ...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Supply Chain Knowledge Problem

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Our current supply chain struggles can largely be understood through the lens of the fundamental problem of economics, the knowledge problem...
Sunday, August 08, 2021

Battling Vaccine Hesitancy: Asking and Not Telling?

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We often hear that science and evidence rarely will change minds when it comes to biotechnology or climate change,  (or vaccine hesitancy). ...
Thursday, August 05, 2021

Rational Irrationality and Behavioral Economic Frameworks for Combating Vaccine Hesitancy

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Background and Introduction Some previous work on vaccine hesitancy related to childhood vaccinations inspired by Caplan's notion of rat...
Saturday, July 10, 2021

Can Capitalism Be A Force For Good When it Comes to Food?

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Great discussion at the AgTech So What podcast about capitalism and food innovation. Probably an innovation that gets the most headlines th...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

The Economics of Innovation in Biopharma

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This podcast touches on the lack of innovation in pharma and criticism about outsourcing innovation. Do these criticisms ignore recent tec...
Saturday, April 03, 2021

Consumer Perceptions, Misinformation, and Vaccine Hesitancy

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In graduate school I focused on how consumer consumption patterns signal social viewpoints, and the role of information and misinformation i...
Saturday, February 06, 2021

The Convergence of AI, Life Sciences, and Healthcare

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Several years ago I was writing about the convergence of AI and genomics in agriculture: "The disruptions of new technology, big data a...