Addiction Economy Thought for the Day
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ASH dominating the debate on vapes again. Why it’s not helpful
The starting point is always smokers, and not embedding vapes int society.
Great research shows advertising works
Great research among young people which shows how advertising really works!
Young people will tell you what’s cringe if you ask them
Adults telling us what young people will find cringe not cool. Not wrong, but ask them, much more effective.
Have we got ‘free will’ or just puppets of business?
Interesting observations on bad habits and free will, useful for our model.
Pondering the usefulness of the Un-addiction Economy! (Copy) (Copy)
Government giving subsidies on the one hand banning advertising and hosting events for businesses all at same time.
What ‘dynamic capabilities’ does the public sector need?
Quite bit above my head, but scrutinising Public Sector Capabilities an interesting idea for the Addition Economy.
Why UPF is an Addiction Economy Product
Looking at UPF through the lens of the Economic Model of Addiction
Fentanyl & worse in the UK now
We are not immune to opioids because they are coming in other ways - illegal addiction economy companies are innovating.
Obesity levy needed and not a tax on poor
Arguments by Hunt for obesity levy, not a tax on the poor
Is company addiction to money causing us pain?!
Dopamine Nation going up the best seller list again! Can we learn from it?
Nanny State or Negligent State?
Danny Finkelstein on why he changed his mind on the cigarette ban- our argument that it is negligent not to
Empowerment and the Addiction Economy
Addiction Economy thought for Today - Is this model just a sad admission of lack of agency or an empowering model for action?
We are in a ‘polycrisis’ of addiction - why?
New history database sparks thoughts on just how many addictive products there is and why. Causing some concern to commentators!
Why we are adding crypto trading to our list
Crypto-trading has similar addictive products to gambling. Interesting interviews with crypto-traders in rehab.
Not a Nanny State - a grown up state that does it’s job
FT Opinion piece from Aveek Bhatttacharya supporting our view of nanny state. But does Labour have the stomach for it?
Scientists paid by companies undermine science
Interesting academic spat about how the funding of a colleagues work by business is felt to undermine that of another academic and the university as a whole.
What is a ‘real’ addiction?
Someone here ‘addicted’ to exercise - many think that that is a not a real addiction, or dismisses all addictions as not ‘real’ because we can be addicted to anything.
Times letter: nicotine addiction for the next generation
Wholeheartedly agree with this letter on vapes from a respiratory physician
Things to look out for in corporate lobbying!
Adapting Grant Ennis excellent 9 frames of subversion to addiction
My FT Letter on Financialisation
Irritated with article in FT which shows companies run by people with MBA are less successful and focused on financialisation than those that don’t.