Department of Agriculture

Researchers Propose Calorie Tax

The National Bureau of Economic Research has come up with a great new idea: let’s tax calories to make people thinner. “Raising the price of a calorie for home consumption by 10 percent may lower the percentage of body fat in youths about 8 or 9 percent, according to new research from the National Bureau of Economic Research,” writes Peter Whoriskey for the Washington Post. Continue reading →