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LYME DISEASE—“A TREMENDOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES”.
LYME DISEASE—“A TREMENDOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES”. As CBS reports here, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new estimates that Lyme disease is about 300,000 cases a year in the United States—ten times … Continue reading
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PERSUADING FARMERS TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS.
PERSUADING FARMERS TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS. I recall, but can’t find with Google, a portrayal by John Kenneth Galbraith (who began as an agricultural economist) of the tremendous service rendered by the US Department of Agriculture extension agents in spreading … Continue reading
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KIND WORDS FOR BIG PHARMA’S SALESMEN.
KIND WORDS FOR BIG PHARMA’S SALESMEN. How do you persuade nurses in a hospital in India to warm every new baby by placing it on the mother’s chest? Gawande says that the decision to make changes is a social process. … Continue reading
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HOW DO YOU GET NURSES TO ADOPT A COSTLESS LIFESAVING IDEA?
HOW DO YOU GET NURSES TO ADOPT A COSTLESS LIFESAVING IDEA? Gawande makes the point that implementing antisepsis was tedious work, requiring surgeons to scrupulously use antiseptic solutions on their hands, their instruments and the thread they used in surgery. … Continue reading
HOW MEDICAL INNOVATIONS ARE ADOPTED.
HOW MEDICAL INNOVATIONS ARE ADOPTED. Atul Gawande has an article in the New Yorker (July 29) that explores how medical innovations are adopted by doctors and nurses. He begins with the adoptions of anesthesia and antisepsis, both of which were … Continue reading
TERROIR FOR COLAS.
TERROIR FOR COLAS. I posted here about my inability to discriminate among wines and—indeed–my inability to tell the difference between Pepsi and Coke. This article by Sam Schechner in the Wall Street Journal tells about the proliferation of cola brands … Continue reading
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WHAT IF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH SINCE 1750 WAS JUST LUCK?
WHAT IF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH SINCE 1750 WAS JUST LUCK? Much of the discussion of Professor Gordon’s views has focused on their implications for our future. But what you believe about the future says a lot about your view of … Continue reading
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HAS ECONOMIC GROWTH COME TO AN END?
HAS ECONOMIC GROWTH COME TO AN END? I posted here last October about Professor Robert Gordon’s argument that the technological changes that so dramatically raised our standard of living have consisted of only three industrial revolutions, and—alarmingly—that there is no … Continue reading
MAKING BAD MOVIES—THE BUSINESS MODEL.
MAKING BAD MOVIES—THE BUSINESS MODEL. Amanda Hess describes how the Asylum makes movies. How do they choose a subject? In her interview with the head of production at the Asylum, he says: “We don’t really know the consumer. The consumer … Continue reading
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WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH BAD MOVIES? MY THEORY.
WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH BAD MOVIES? MY THEORY. My theory of bad movies is one that I have long held, based on a number of observations. If you are getting together with friends to watch a movie, a bad movie … Continue reading
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