About 8 years ago

01/07/2016 - Food For Thought: 1/7/2016

You Can’t Trust What You Read About Nutrition

– Five Thirty Eight

FiveThirtyEight looks at how studies examining the way foods influence health are inherently problematic. Interesting reading for those embarking on the latest “hot” diet – or those industries that must adhere to nutritional guidelines.

 

Is this really 2008 all over again?

– The Economist

Is the global economy again teetering on the edge? George Soros thinks so, and few have been as predictive as he has been in the past.

 

$12 vs. $15 minimum-wage debate continues between economists, experts, politicians

– Cleveland Plain Dealer

An overview of how the various groups supporting different proposed wage increases arrived at their respective dollar figures.