Why does this cost less than a salad?- Health care: Coyote blog notes an oft-overlooked factor when comparing the U.S. and more socialized health care while Mark Perry highlights a Canadian cancer patient denied care by that country's health system.
- The New York Times has a story saying that competition from charters is forcing public schools to compete for student. Imagine that.
- Super Economy compares the fortunes of Swedish-Americans with actual Swedes in Sweden. I think he is pretty dead-on in his conclusions.
- The Economist is sponsoring a debate on green jobs worth checking out.
- The Economix blog suggests federal subsidies may at least partially explain why a Big Mac costs less than a salad.
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Read Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma." It's a great accounting of the distortion present in the US food economy due to agricultural subsidies. Talk about a non-functioning subset of the economy! He even progresses from corn field to McDonald's parking lot.
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