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Homework 11-due Feb 24 at the beginning of class
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Food Police Chapter 7
What did Michael Pollan call President Obama?
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Why does Lusk compare farm policy to an old leaky faucet?
It is annoying
It is costly.
It is relatively benign.
It will cause a flood if not repaired.
About 70 cents out of every dollar spent on the Farm Bill goes towards what?
Food Assistance Programs (Food stamps and school lunches)
Conservation Reserve Program
Corn subsidies
All of the above
Clear selection
What is a benefit or decoupled payments to farmers?
Trade barriers
Little effect on crop prices
Changes the amount that a farmer will grow
None of the above
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The food police use _____________ to give an ideological agenda the appearance of real science.
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Government payments are responsible for how much of the total value of Iowa farmland?
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What percentage of farms in the US are family farms?
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Small farms get five times ________ government subsidies relative to the value of their output than large farms.
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True or False. Farm subsidies are to blame for the rise in obesity.
True
False
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What is the policy agenda for the food elite?
A. Cut out farm subsidies
B. Expand farm subsidies
C. Reallocate subsidies to their favored foods
All of the above
Only B and C are correct
Clear selection
What does Lusk name as the outcome if we begin subsidizing the food favored by the food elite?
Massive increase in chemical use
Slight increase in price
Massive decrease in price
A better environment
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One of Pollan's proposals is to establish a grain reserve. What does Pollan believe will be the outcome of this?
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True or False. Research shows that the school-lunch programs are extrememly effective in getting kids to eat more vegetables.
True
False
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True or False. Food stamp recipients are prohibited from using their funds to buy fast food.
True
False
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"There are ways to do farm policy more cheaply and effectively. The answer ____________________________."
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Food Police Chapter 8
Obesity is now considered an ______________.
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Who said, "Not only are we fat, we can't do math either."
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True or False. Lusk argues that it is better to be a bit overweight than underweight.
True
False
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True or False. When researchers calculated the cost of obesity, they assumed the diseases lised were cause by obesity and not a genetic predisposition.
True
False
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What are some of the details overlooked in the obesity discussion?
We are living longer, and thus contracting things we didn't have time to in the past
Correlation of baby boomers getting to an age of increased obesity
Both of these
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What percent of Americans are considered obese?
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In Lusk's survey, 80% of people said who was to blame for the rise in obesity?
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Who was quoted as wanting to "tax things like soda, french fried, doughnuts and hyperprocessed snacks."
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How many states have a tax on soda?
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Economists have shown time and time again that fat taxes...
Will have a positive effect on fat consumption
Will have a negative effect on fat consumption
Will have a trivial effect on fat consumption
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Food purchases are rather ___________ to price changes.
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Who do fat taxes penalize?
The poor
The obese
The rich
The picky
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True or False. Lusk, although opposed to fat taxes in general, claims that it makes more sense to tax fat people instead of fatty foods.
True
False
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Mandated nutritional labeling on food items in grocery stores has had what effect on the healthfulness of food choices?
Beneficial
Indifferent
Deleterious
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The new mandatory calorie labeling law for restuarants buried in Obama's health care reform bill had what effect?
People made better choices
People made worse choices
It had little effect and people made counterproductive choices
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