All Posts Tagged With: "advertising"
Super Bowl versus Education?
It appears that spending on government education in one year was 324 times the amount companies spent on Super Bowl advertising over 20 years.
7Feb2012 | Sandy Ikeda | 15 comments | ContinuedThe Myth of Unregulated Tobacco
On June 22, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products. The law requires the FDA to develop a new tobacco-regulation center with all related costs to be covered by fees paid by the industry. [...]
19Aug2009 | Bruce Yandle | 0 comments | ContinuedPrescription Drugs and Advertising
In the continuing debate over the prices of prescription drugs, Ellen Goodman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, believes she has found the real answer to why many drugs are so expensive. The culprit, she says, is advertising, and lots of it. She writes: “Pharmaceutical companies tell us that the cost [of drugs] is connected to research [...]
1Mar2002 | William L. Anderson | 0 comments | ContinuedIn Defense of Markets and Misers
Candace Allen is a member of the affliliate economics faculty at the University of Southern Colorado. Dwight Lee, a contributing editor of The Freeman, is Ramsey Professor of Economics and Private Enterprise at the University of Georgia. Markets and misers are greatly under-appreciated for the same reason: people fail to see the value of the [...]
1Apr1998 | Candace Allen | 0 comments | ContinuedWill Kellogg: King of Corn Flakes
The making of the first flaked breakfast cereal is a tale of sibling rivalry, a new church, and a health-food craze all in the small town of Battle Creek, Michigan. Today, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes are a staple of the American diet, but few people know the story of Will Kellogg’s rise to fame and fortune.
1Apr1998 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 4 comments | ContinuedWhen Entrepreneurs Become Victims
Dr. Groff is professor emeritus of education at San Diego State University. For a capitalist economy to function, entrepreneurs must not be subject to gratuitous or capricious government action. It is a violation of the cardinal precepts of free markets, as well as common moral sensibilities, for government to publicly vilify legitimate entrepreneurs. The Federal [...]
1Jul1996 | Patrick Groff | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Cow In The Apartment
Burton Rascoe is a literary critic and free-lance writer in New York City. Helping yourself is one of the best possible ways to help others Haven’t you at one time or another remarked, or heard, without protest, a friend remark: “Radio and TV would be all right if it weren’t for the commercials,” or “He [...]
1Sep1955 | Burton Rascoe | 0 comments | Continued-
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