Articles
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Agriculture
Give states more power to make their own farm policies
Neither of these proposals is perfect or a cure-all, but they both have some promise in shaking up the status-quo and moving in a more promising direction.Jayson Lusk | April 6, 2014
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Agriculture
Bureaucratic Restraint? Fat Chance
Back in November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its plan to remove artificial trans fats from its list of ingredients that are Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)—essentially banning the ingredient. In a few weeks, the comment period on the proposal will close and the FDA will likely move to implement the policy.Jayson Lusk | March 12, 2014
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Agriculture
Do Food Stamps Boost the Economy?
Farm bill negotiations have resumed in Washington, D.C., and one of the first items of business is to determine the fate of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps.Jayson Lusk | January 13, 2014
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Budget & Tax, Agriculture, Good Government
Do Food Stamps Boost the Economy?
While there is good evidence that SNAP reduces hunger and food insecurity among poor households, there are also legitimate concerns about the program fostering government dependency, reducing the incentive to work, and increasing the government deficit.Jayson Lusk | January 13, 2014
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Agriculture
Toward a Free-Market Farm Policy
OCPA executive vice president Brian Bush recently sat down with economist Jayson Lusk, OCPA’s Samuel Roberts Noble Distinguished Fellow, to discuss agricultural subsidies, crop and livestock insurance, and more.Jayson Lusk | December 13, 2013
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Agriculture
Toward a Free-Market Farm Policy
Surveys suggest that more than 80% of professional economists believe that the United States should eliminate agricultural subsidies. However, only 34 percent of the general public agrees.Jayson Lusk | December 13, 2013
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Agriculture
Misplaced Wrath
With today’s farm bill hanging in the balance, it is instructive to take a brief look back at our nation’s long and complicated history with farm policy.Jayson Lusk | September 6, 2013
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Agriculture
Food Police Are a Threat to Our Liberties
Oklahoma is the sixth-fattest state in the nation. If that weren’t bad enough, a 2012 report entitled "F as in Fat" projected the percentage of Oklahomans as being obese to rise from 31 percent to 66 percent, placing us only behind Mississippi on the bathroom scales.Jayson Lusk | February 6, 2013