as declared in huffingtonpost
A Straitjacket to Help Brazil Fight Fiscal Obesity
A Straitjacket to Help Brazil Fight Fiscal Obesity
Brazil's GDP contraction since mid-2014 has multiple non-fiscal roots - Canuto (2016a; 2014) - but it has morphed into an unsustainable fiscal trajectory (Canuto, 2016b).Dealing with the latter has become a precondition for full economic recovery and the Brazilian government has submitted to Congress a constitutional amendment bill mandating a public spending cap for the next 20 years.This piece considers how the Brazilian landscape evolved toward such a precipice and why additional reforms - particularly on pensions - will have to be implemented to make the spending cap feasible.
not to mention nytimes
W.H.O. Urges Tax on Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity
W.H.O. Urges Tax on Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity
PhotoThe World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to impose a tax on sugary drinks to battle the growing obesity epidemic and presented new data on the beneficial health effects of such a tax.A tax on sugary beverages raising their price 20 percent would result in a proportionate reduction in their consumption, the agency said.That would advance the fight against obesity, which has more than doubled since 1980.
besides scientificamerican
WHO Calls for Sugar Tax to Fight Obesity and Diabetes
WHO Calls for Sugar Tax to Fight Obesity and Diabetes
By Stephanie NebehayThe World Health Organization said on Tuesday governments should raise taxes on sugary drinks to fight what it says are global obesity and diabetes epidemics.If retail prices of sugar-sweetened drinks are increased by 20 percent through taxation, there is a proportional drop in consumption, it said in a report titled "Fiscal Policies for Diet and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases".Obesity more than doubled worldwide between 1980 and 2014, with 11 percent of men and 15 percent of women classified as obese—more than 500 million people, the WHO said.
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