COVID, jobs and prices in the U.S. food system: How much has changed?
By Leah Costlow & Will Masters More than 7 months into the pandemic, America remains in upheaval. Massive job losses,
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Food Economics
A resources site for the open-access textbook on Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health
Author: Will Masters
Faith in humanity
One of the hardest tasks in economics is to recognize and understand self-interest without condoning selfishness. There is some evidence
Read MoreThinking like an economist, about breastfeeding in Japan
Our start-of-class essays invite students to begin “thinking like an economist” by describing a familiar thing as a three-part story:
Read MorePossible course projects: Medically tailored meals
Right now, around week 3 of the semester, students start formulating their project topics. Here’s the initial project motivation from
Read MorePossible course projects: Agricultural subsidies in the U.S.
At this point in the semester, students start formulating their project topics. Here’s an initial description of a potential topic
Read MoreHow do we fix the food system? Black Lives and Gen C point the way
A Friedman alum recently sent me a draft plan for how to fix the broken U.S. food system, wondering what
Read MoreActive learning in Zoom lectures: polls, texting and breakout rooms
Today I did a CELT workshop on what I’ve learned about online teaching at Friedman so far, in a series
Read MoreFriedman seminar on COVID-19 impacts in agriculture, food and nutrition
This semester’s all-school speaker series ended with two panels on COVID-19, first on disease forecasting from Elena Naumova & Ryan
Read MoreUpdated slides on Covid-19 impacts on food systems
The slide deck can be downloaded here. Feel free to adapt & use! Slide #3 is a gif showing spread
Read MoreFour slides on COVID-19 in the food system (+jobs links)
Public outreach generally works better on twitter, but here is a blog version of some posts there about COVID-19 in
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