Dehumanizing market decisions is key to patronizing nanny-state policies.
The business of spreading mistruths about GMOs
This essay was submitted to the European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation as a contribution to the 11th International Vernon Smith Prize 2018. Summary: Spreading mistruths about the scientific background of GMO foods is not only done from a purely ideological basis, but can also have an organisational or even financial advantages for those engaging […]
Quoted by FoodBev Media
I was quoted by FoodBev Media on Public Health England’s proposed calorie cap for supermarket and restaurant foods. Can read the full quote down below, or on their website.
Quoted by Packaging News
I was quoted by Packaging News on Public Health England’s proposed calorie cap for supermarket and restaurant foods. Can read the full quote down below, or on their website.
Quoted by The Star
I was quoted by The Star on Public Health England’s new suggested policies regarding calorie intake limits for supermarket and restaurant foods. Click down below to read the full quote, or find the article on their website here.
Quoted by the Chichester Observer
I was quoted by the Chichester Observer on Public Health England’s proposed calorie cap for supermarket and restaurant foods. Can read the full quote down below, or on their website.
Malbouffe: enlever Tony le tigre ne fera pas manger sainement les enfants
Le Conseil européen a adopté un projet de conclusions concernant la commercialisation de produits dits “junk-food” (malbouffe), dans lequel il appelle à des restrictions sur la publicité de ces produits, dans le but de protéger les enfants. Les cibles sont les aliments riches en énergie, les graisses saturées, les acides gras, le sucre et le […]
“Public health advocates” are coming for your breakfast cereal cartoon heroes
Public-health advocates are moving in on the one danger we’ve all been missing: cereal-box cartoon characters. That’s right, Tony the Tiger, Cap’n Crunch, Count Chocula, and Snap, Crackle and Pop are all after our children. But, luckily, the European Union, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Jamie Oliver are here to protect us. No, I’m […]
Le rapport de Foodwatch sur Coca-cola : un exemple de paternalisme qui se fait passer pour de la science
La Semaine dernière, l’organisation non gouvernementale allemande Foodwatch a publié un rapport qui visait à exposer les pratiques du fabriquant de soda américain Coca-cola, qui « vend du sucre en quantités nocives à des enfants ». Ce rapport se structure autour de sur trois axes principaux, nommément que les sodas sucrés vendus par Coca-cola contribuent largement à […]
The Foodwatch report on Coca-Cola is paternalism masquerading as science
Last week, the German NGO Foodwatch published a report that intends to expose how the American soft-drink producer Coca-Cola is “marketing sweet causes of illnesses to children.” The report contains three main arguments, notably that sugary soft drinks marketed by Coca-Cola contribute significantly to the obesity crisis, that the company deliberately targets children, and that […]
Bill Wirtz 