How many calories are in my burrito? Improving consumers’ understanding of energy (calorie) range information

Let’s face it – us men are disgusting. So public policy experts are left to figure out how to keep us from behaving in our normally disgusting manner. Here’s one approach (thanks to Geoff Riley for bringing it to my attention): Think it will work?

In the aftermath of the Parkland High School shooting, we are having lots of debates about the role of the NRA in shaping gun legislation. Politicians who take money from the NRA are said to be in the organization’s pockets. But don’t forget where the NRA gets its money: gun manufacturers. And while no manufacturer…

There are lots of reasons many community hospitals and nursing homes are at risk of bankruptcy. One reason: Sometimes the very entities owning hospitals and nursing homes are purposely bankrupting them, pillaging them of their value to maximize the owners’ profits. It is a type of self-dealing known as “related-party earnings,” and here is how…

Recently, pharmaceutical companies have been pricing many of their products at astounding values. A couple years ago, in fact, an amazing new hepatitis C drug came to market priced at about $90,000 per patient. But since that time, several other companies have come to market with competing products. That has brought the overall price of…