Nutrition and Metabolic Health
Presentation on Metabolic Health and Nutrition at Liberty International conference. Link to slide pdf from talk. Many metabolic health posts on Normal Nutrition substack.
Economic Thinking Posts on Debate Topics
Health Care and Metabolic Flexibility
Health care reform? Explain and encourage metabolic health Notes below from November 2022 Normal Nutrition post discussing my metabolic health journey. This morning, October 1, arboleaf scale reads 195.4 lb, 22.4% body fat. Also...
Make America Metabolically Healthy Again
Consider contrasting stories of Medicaid services and access. One an article from the New York Times, the other a Medscape Commentary by Nina Teicholz. And also consider an Oregon study, discussed below, comparing thousands who gained access to...
Labor Mobility for Health Care Workers
Economic freedom should include freedom to work where one chooses. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals should be able to work in any state they wish, regardless of where they received their training. Labor...
U.S. Foreign Policy and Economic Freedom for Central America
The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its foreign policy toward one or more of the following Central American countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.2024-2025 Debate Resolutions How can...
Reforming Federal Health Care
Past Economic Thinking posts have reviewed health care policies and ideas for reform. The 2024 Stoa policy topic is: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its policy on healthcare. Though many...
Ronald Reagan/Leonard Read Affirmative: Push the Button!
End all federal energy subsidies and mandates In the 1970s–fifty years ago now– The Energy Crisis jolted the U.S. economy causing shortages and long lines at gas stations. In response various federal energy policies...
The Failure of State Planning in Latin America
… While in North America economists have considerable influence in finance, industry, and government, in South America their influence has been even greater. From Mexico to Argentina, from Brazil to Peru, state by state,...
Energy Policy Goes to the Movies
Okay, maybe not movies, but documentaries and online videos. Still, these can be an engaging way to survey ongoing debates over current and future energy technologies. The hundreds of thousands migrating north to cities...
Housing: Erase Arbitrary Lines
On a recent drive home from Vancouver, British Columbia, I listened to the Cato Daily Podcast interview with Nolan Gray discussing high housing costs and recent reforms. (Housing policy was the topic for the...
Notes on Vancouver Housing
Government and opposition members debated Vancouver housing policy yesterday (Dec. 20) at the Vancouver Debate Academy’s first Deliberative Dialogue event. The four teams had just 30 minutes to research the announced motion, calling for...