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That’s the first I’ve heard of personal obesity as an externality. Frightening idea. What if someone lives a lifestyle that makes them more likely to contract a
by mwsherman 15y ago
That’s the first I’ve heard of personal obesity as an externality. Frightening idea. What if someone lives a lifestyle that makes them more likely to contract an STD, say?
- gujk 15y agoPer the other big thread of the day, such a lifestyle is reducing Amit Gupta's life expectancy.
- callmeed 15y agoWell, if that STD happens to cause cervical cancer (which HPV does), then some states may consider requiring girls get a vaccine against such a virus. And indeed that debate is going on right now. Regardless, STDs aren't a byproduct of some Fortune 500 company's quest to grow shareholder value. Obesity is.
- anamax 15y ago> Regardless, STDs aren't a byproduct of some Fortune 500 company's quest to grow shareholder value. None of the bathhouses ("while the band played on") were Fortune 500, but they were profiting. It's fair to suggest that the behavior would have happened without bathhouses, but that same argument applies to McDs. Note that the nutritonal information that McDs passes out has been more effective than the bowls of condoms were. No, I'm not referring to HPV.