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Food safety regulation has nothing to do with unpriced externality and everything to do with people not knowing what's good for them.
by s17n 9y ago
Food safety regulation has nothing to do with unpriced externality and everything to do with people not knowing what's good for them.
- DennisP 9y agoFood safety regulation isn't about making me to eat my vegetables. It's about making sure my vegetables aren't contaminated in ways that I can't reasonably detect. A producer who skimps on food safety can save costs, and the externality is people getting sick, through no fault of their own.
- s17n 9y agoThat is not what "unpriced externality" means. And if your vegetables being "contaminated in ways that you can't reasonably detect" isn't a case of you not knowing what is good for you, I don't know what is.