More on Globalization – Covid and its effects
by Marina Tanase [Follow-up to popular earlier post by Marina Tanase, The Real Story of Globalization.] Here I am …- me again. I find myself writing one more time about globalization. My interest in...
Economic Thinking Posts on Debate Topics
Two Surprise Nutritional Journeys
My new book could be titled: Don’t Diet: Research Nutrition. Diet programs and fads attract millions wishing to lose weight, with billions spent on weight loss goods and services (see The $72 Billion Weight Loss & Diet...
Energy Race Update…
With much of middle America frozen, it’s worth reflecting in energy policy, last year’s NCFCA policy debate topic. Below is update of 2019 post on The Energy Race. (Also this 2018 Energy Race post...
Migration Toward Economic Freedom
A previous post on migration emphasized the importance of measuring economic freedom to judge policy reforms effective in reducing barriers to enterprise and prosperity. In that post Economic Freedom Indexes were recommended as tools...
Notes, Books, and Videos: Poor Nutrition and the Pandemic
Notes below from Facebook posts on nutrition, public health, and the pandemic. Most Americans have poor metabolic health from poor nutrition (study finds only 1 in 8 are metabolically healthy). Links below to articles,...
Refugee Special Enterprise Zones (R-SEZs)… [Updated]
Many proposals call for the European Union to increase skilled immigration, as well as reforms for less skilled immigrants and asylum seekers. Populist and nationalist groups say new immigrants will “take” jobs locals could...
Nutrition Notes: Gadgets for Looking Inside
Let’s get measured! Notes below on health-related gadgets. Earlier posts have discussed public health debates over nutrition as well as my journey since last April shifting what and when I eat and researching nutrition...
England’s North and South: Economic Growth verses Stability
[Updated from earlier post on earlier freedom vs. equity value debate topic to economic stability vs. economic growth topic] People in the south of England in the 1800s benefited from economic stability. Stability but...
Space Contest, Movies, Videos, Study Guide
Stossel in the Classroom PRIVATE FRONTIER Video Contest! Economic Thinking Space Exploration Resources • Space movies pdf (two page): SpaceFlyerGuideMovie2 • Past Economic Thinking Space exploration and transportation posts. • Future space exploration...
Vitamin D: Planners, Searchers, and Researchers
Public health authorities, the planners, recommend only modest amounts of Vitamin D, enough to prevent rickets. That’s true but misleading and contributes to public health disasters like the Covid 19 pandemic. It turns out...