92. Is Poor Nutrition a Supply Problem or a Demand Problem?
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It's not my fault and it's not my problem and also it's not my responsibility. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to No Stupid Questions. Today on the show, is everything we thought we knew about food deserts wrong?
You mean for that $2 burger I can get 600 calories? Give me two. Yeah, more bang for your buck. Stephen, I read this paper from QJE. Economists call it the CUGE.
Wait, do they really call it CUGE? They do. All right, now I'm feeling slightly embarrassed. I didn't know that. Can I just say, not knowing that economists call the Quarterly Journal of Economics the cuge should not be a source of embarrassment for anyone.
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