Oh, SNAP | AIER
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed an experiment in which it will provide additional benefits to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who purchase more fruits and vegetables. Named the Electronic Healthy Incentive Projects (eHip), the well-meaning programs are intended to encourage people on low-incomes to eat more healthy foods (MHFs). (No, […]
Queers for Palestine
Rep. Rashida Tlaib was spotted with both the Palestinian and LGBTQ flags outside of her office. I don’t even know what to say. Far-left liberalism has become a mental illness. I can assure you that neither Palestine nor Israel wants the support of the alphabet community. It would have been quicker to conduct a simple […]
The elasticity of supply of homeless people (ready)
Why are social problems so intractable? We’ve spent trillions of dollars on a war on poverty, and yet we continue to experience widespread homelessness. A recent article in the OC Register provides some interesting data points: Jamboree Housing, an Irvine-based company that builds communities aimed at helping the unhoused, with lower-priced dwellings and services […]
How economists have underestimated Chinese consumption
“Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production,” Adam Smith pointed out. But his “perfectly self-evident” maxim has never held much sway in China. Earlier this year the country’s statisticians revealed that household consumption accounted for only 37% of China’s gdp in 2022, its lowest since 2014. Although removing strict covid-19 controls should […]
