…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

…have to submit articles.” Off-label use of drugs is big business. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[FDA] is stepping into a high-stakes business issue, because off-label uses of prescription…

…unreasonable cases, but if it is reasonable that the off-label use of the drug might have caused the damage, then the encouraged off-label use would lead to an assumption of…

…line, etc. Now, just about every activity produces some externalities, positive and negative. Externalities are a byproduct of human activity and progress, and we don’t want to eliminate the good…

…to a depressing but clear conclusion.*** One of the ways in which externalities are created is with differing regulations on what should be the same product. The quality of the…

…people to pay the cost of negative externalities they impose on other people through their behavior. An obvious example would be making polluters pay for the cost that the pollution…

…I can safely and for sure tell you that food labeling is approved by the USDA and or the FDA. A small change in a label or packaging such as…

For readers’ information, this study page 193 appears to be most comprehensive and recent (2005) on dispersants for oil (hat tip Salon): One of the most difficult decisions that oil…

Some years ago I read this NBER working paper. (Note – a couple years later a slightly modified version appeared in the American Economic Journal but I will quote from…