EPISODE · Sep 25, 2006 · 46 MIN
Darius Lakdawalla on the Economics of Obesity
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Russ Roberts talks with Darius Lakdawalla of Rand and the National Bureau of Economic Research on the economics of obesity, how much fatter are Americans and why. How much is due to the spread of fast food vs. the falling price of food and the change in the U.S. workplace?
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