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The Economics of Obesity
EconTalk Archives, 2006
English - September 25, 2006 12:15 - 46 minutes - 10.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsCourses Education Science Social Sciences business leadership health interview entrepreneurship entrepreneur fitness finance politics news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Russ Roberts talks with Darius Lakdawalla of Rand and the National Bureau of Economic Research on the economics of obesity, how much fatter are Americans and why. How much is due to the spread of fast food vs. the falling price of food and the change in the U.S. workplace?