FEEcast
About this show
Economics is everywhere...if only you choose to see it. Join the FEEcast team every Friday for a lively recap of the week's important stories to give you the meaning behind the headlines.
Featuring Richard Lorenc, Brittany Hunter, Dan Sanchez and Marianne March
Produced by Sean W. Malone, Pavel Rusakov, and Jaye Davidson
Environmentalists Are Grasping at Straws
August 3, 2018
Drinking straws are being banned and phased out by cities and corporations under pressure from environmental activists. Is this moral progress or just a moral panic? What is the psychology behind such campaigns? And what are the economics of their consequences? The FEEcasters have a freewheeling discussion on the matter.
Show Notes:
Article: How are 10 Cent Grocery Bags Creating a Surplus?
Podcast: 'There Ought to Be a Law’: What that Phrase Actually Means