How “Per Serving” Makes Sugar Disappear in America

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You came back from the United States with a higher glucose reading and a new respect for the humble sauce label. That is the correct order of learning: body first, ideology later. Americans do not wake up and decide to pour sugar into barbecue sauce out of moral weakness. They do it because sugar is cheap, useful, and—most importantly—because it sells. The part that should bother you is not that … Read the rest

When Incentives Go Sideways

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Tired after more than twelve hours working day I was driving home through Andrássy Street recently and got slowed down by the taxi drivers’ protest. Blue lights, horns, yellow cars squeezed together like irritated bees. In that moment, when the city suddenly becomes a bottleneck of human frustration, you cannot help wondering how many strange incentives are packed into one square kilometer of Budapest traffic.

At first glance they looked … Read the rest