A Trip to Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart
Charles Courtemanche and I have gotten a little bit of coverage with our paper on Big Box retailers and obesity. Here’s the abstract: We estimate the impacts of Wal-Mart and warehouse club retailers on...
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Unhappy Meals: Nanny State Bans Toys for Kiddies
Once again leading the way in zany legislation, California’s Santa Clara County became the first locale to ban toy give-aways with meals exceeding the Department of Health and Human Service’s...
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Fatty Footprints: A Modest Proposal Based on Liberal GroupThink
Fact: The USA is in the midst of a obesity epidemic. Fact: Fat people are more likely to need health services, work fewer years, and pay less in taxes. They “free ride” by consuming scarce health care...
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Obesity Can Be a Disability, Says European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice has just issued an opinion holding that obesity can be a disability requiring employers to “take appropriate measures . . . to enable a person with a disability to have...
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