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Food and Health
Recent Publications:  | Taxing Sin 
August 18, 2009
Mercatus On Policy
Katelyn Christ, Richard Williams | | In this Mercatus on Policy, Richard Williams and Katelyn Christ of the Mercatus Center discuss the dangers and shortfalls of excise taxes.
|  | Comment on Methyl Mercury Risk Assessment
June 9, 2009
Public Interest Comments
Richard Williams | | In this Public Interest Comment, Managing Director of the Regulatory Studies Program Richard Williams suggests that the benefit/risk approach is the best method to assess the risk of methyl mercury in commercial fish.
| | Taxing Sins: Are Excise Taxes Efficient?
May 13, 2009
Mercatus On Policy
Katelyn Christ, Richard Williams | | In this Mercatus on Policy, Richard Williams and Katelyn Christ of the Mercatus Center discuss the dangers and shortfalls of excise taxes on softdrinks.
|  | Preparing for Pandemic Flu
April 30, 2009
Mercatus On Policy
Tyler Cowen | | Since 2006, Congress has allocated millions of dollars to preparations
for an influenza pandemic. While preparation for a pandemic has
improved somewhat, such preparation needs to occur in ways that are
politically sustainable and remain useful even if a pandemic does not
occur. First, Americans need to accept that we can’t “stop” a pandemic;
we can only lessen its effects. Second, we need to acknowledge in our
policies that the best response to such disasters is a decentralized
one.
|  | Yes We Have No Bananas: A Critique of the 'Food Miles' Perspective
October 24, 2008
Mercatus Policy Series
Hiroko Shimizu, Pierre Desrochers | | This Policy Primer examines the origins and validity of the food miles concept.
| | Bootleggers, Baptists and Televangelists: Regulating Tobacco By Litigation
September 20, 2007
Working Papers
Andrew P. Morriss, Bruce Yandle | | The bootleggers and Baptists public choice theory of regulation explains how durable regulatory bargains can arise from the tacit collaboration of a public-interest-minded interest group (the Baptists) with an economic interest (the bootleggers). Using the history of tobacco regulation, this Article extends the bootleggers and Baptists theory of regulation to incorporate the role of policy entrepreneurs like the state attorneys general and private trial lawyers who joined forces to regulate tobacco by litigation. We denominate these actors televangelists and demonstrate that they play a pernicious role in regulation.
|  | Contract as a Means of Medical Malpractice Reform
July 17, 2007
Mercatus Policy Series
Don King | | Mercatus scholar Dr. Don King, MD, JD wrote this policy resource as an introduction to medical malpractice law and the possible advantages of allowing patients and physicians to alter medical liability rules in advance of care.
| | Food Industry Marketing to Children Report
December 21, 2006
Public Interest Comments
Todd Zywicki | | The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to create a report on food industry marketing activities and expenditures targeted to children and adolescents. The report is meant to analyze the role of advertising and marketing efforts in the increased incidence of childhood obesity.
|  | Federal Health Care Regulation
April 28, 2006
Mercatus Policy Series
Don King | | Mercatus scholar Dr. Don King, MD, JD provides an overview of federal healthcare regulation.
| | Avian Flu: What We Need to Know
November 11, 2005
Working Papers
Tyler Cowen | | Tyler Cowen discusses what we should consider in the event of an avian flu pandemic. | | View More |
Recent Events: | Under the Knife: Understanding the Challenges in Health Care
Capitol Hill Campus March 28, 2006
| | In most current public opinion polls, health care ranks as one of the top three issues facing our country today. Americans are as concerned as ever over rising costs, increasing numbers of the uninsured, and possible oncoming pandemics, such as the Avian Flu. The Mercatus Center hosted a three-day program to provide an economic framework for understanding the federal government's role in our healthcare institutions.
| | How Many Bottles Make a Case Against Direct Shipment Bans?
Capitol Hill Campus July 26, 2004
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| | Losing Patience: Examining Issues in Health Care
Capitol Hill Campus July 25, 200612:00 PM
| | The Mercatus Center at George Mason University will host a three-day course to explore current health care issues facing Congress and the economic incentives and rules that govern them.
| | The Economics of Health Care
Capitol Hill Campus July 13, 2004
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| | The Economics of Health Care: Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, and Legal Reform
Capitol Hill Campus April 22, 2003
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| | Avian Flu: The Challenge Ahead
Capitol Hill Campus April 20, 200612:0 PM
| | Mercatus General Director Dr. Tyler Cowen discusses the challenges ahead, and examine the role of the federal government and measures Congress can take in preparation for, and in response to, a pandemic flu outbreak.
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