92. Is Poor Nutrition a Supply Problem or a Demand Problem?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 27 March 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Is evolution stacked against healthy eating? What policies could increase demand for nutritious food? And does Popeyes count as a cultural icon?

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0:00.0	It's not my fault and it's not my problem and also it's not my responsibility.
0:08.9	I'm Antilla Duckworth.
0:10.3	I'm Stephen Dubner.
0:11.3	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:14.8	Today on the show is everything we thought we knew about food deserts wrong.
0:19.6	You mean for that $2 burger egg and get 600 calories?
0:23.2	Give me two.
0:24.2	We're paying for your buck.
0:30.4	Stephen, I read this paper from QGE.
0:34.8	Economists call it the QGE.
0:36.3	Wait, do they really call it QGE?
0:37.9	They do.
0:38.9	All right.
0:39.9	Now I'm feeling slightly embarrassed.
0:40.9	I didn't know that.
0:41.9	Can I just say not knowing that economists call the quarterly journal of economics the
0:46.4	QGE should not be a source of embarrassment for anyone?
0:49.2	It might be a badge of pride.
0:51.0	Correct.
0:52.0	Well, I was reading the QGE and I was reading in particular this article about food deserts.
0:57.4	And I know we've talked a little bit about our affection mutual for Trader Joe's.
1:02.4	And I'm so interested in this question of whether when you live in a food desert, so no
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