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More on Food Truck Regulation
More on the plight of food truck operators in NYC, from the Times: There are numerous (and sometimes conflicting) regulations required by the departments of Health, Sanitation, Transportation and Consumer Affairs. These rules are enforced, with varying consistency, by the New … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, economics, education, food, fun, game theory, how-to, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, political science, politics, rationality, technology, traffic, transportation
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America and Food Trucks: A Proud but Troubled Relationship
America has a proud history of mobile food vendors who have gone on to become magnates of industry. Marcus Goldman, founder of Goldman Sachs, found his first job in America peddling food from a horse-drawn cart on the streets of … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, food, food trucks, fun, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, mobile food, politics, regulation, technology
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: The Meals We Eat
Across the country yesterday, Americans engaged in a massive coordination game. Most people in the US took the opportunity to spend time with friends and family during the one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Expectations about the … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, culture, economics, education, food, fun, holidays, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, politics, religion, technology
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Cigarette Taxes and Unintended Consequences
One of the best questions you can ask a social scientist is, “and then what?” Thinking about second-order effects is essential to smart research and policy-making. Research on the unintended consequences of cigarette taxes helps to illustrate this point: Besides … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, drugs, economics, food, politics, rationality, research, statistics, UK
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Where Things Come From
Where did your shoes come from? Your coffee? Your laptop? One of the beautiful things about the modern world is that you can hold a piece of technology in your hands–or wear it on your feet–without having to know the … Continue reading
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Tagged economic development, economics, food, fun, humor, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, political economy, statistics, technology, visualization
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Why Are Hot Dogs So Inexpensive?
Memorial Day is the unofficial start of grilling season. According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (yes, it exists), Americans will consume about 7 billion hot dogs between now and Labor Day–that’s about 818 per second! The estimated … Continue reading
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Tagged dieting, economics, food, fun, holidays, hot dog stands, math, Memorial Day, restaurants
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Prices
Today they seem so commonplace. You walk into a supermarket, or a shopping mall, or a gas station, and all of the diverse products for sale have one thing in common: a fixed price, there for all to see. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Smith, business, economics, FA Hayek, food, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, politics, rhetoric
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Literary Recipes
The blog is Paper and Salt, and it is described thusly in its inaugural post: A love of good books often comes with a love of good food. It’s in the many mouth-watering descriptions we encounter in novels, the wealth … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, economics, food, fun, history, humor, literature, politics, reading
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Coffee Chemistry
Who knew there was so much science to your morning beverage? [T]he chemical roasting reactions take place between 160 and 240 °C in tens of thousands of mini-autoclaves. It should come as no surprise that, under these harsh conditions, thousands … Continue reading
