SIO392: How Taxes on Foods Affect Health and Climate
Serious Inquiries Only
Thomas Smith
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Wisdom Dogbe, an agricultural economist out of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, joins me to discuss a recent study he led investigating consumer choice with regard to taxing foods that are categorized as high fat, sugar, and salt (HFSS) in the UK. Does it change behavior? How much? And what are the consequences of that? It's a really fascinating story of the trade-offs involved in public policy.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello and welcome to see yours and queer only this is episode 392. I'm your |
| 0:20.2 | host Thomas Smith and I'm excited for today's show got a really |
| 0:23.4 | interesting science thingy about how tax policy can influence people's |
| 0:28.0 | decisions on buying and consuming food something that I think is probably a thing we ought to be doing in this country because I feel |
| 0:36.4 | like there are big problems with our diets and the kinds of foods that are cheapest and easiest to get in this country. |
| 0:43.6 | But more on that with our expert in a moment. |
| 0:46.6 | Before that, I've got some cool stuff. |
| 0:48.2 | I know I've probably already said this in different places, |
| 0:50.4 | but just a reminder on some fun |
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