Comments on: Weekend fun: eat fast, grow the economy! http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/05/weekend-fun-eat-fast-grow-the-economy/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cathy Richards http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/05/weekend-fun-eat-fast-grow-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-19618 Cathy Richards Wed, 13 May 2009 18:43:12 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1357#comment-19618 Nice find Marion. The GDP is not a good reflector of the health of a country. For example, formula feeding your baby increases the GDP much more than breastfeeding does. Go figure. Nice find Marion. The GDP is not a good reflector of the health of a country. For example, formula feeding your baby increases the GDP much more than breastfeeding does. Go figure.

]]> By: Jon http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/05/weekend-fun-eat-fast-grow-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-19355 Jon Tue, 12 May 2009 01:25:36 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1357#comment-19355 She may not be an economist, but I bet she could tell you that lending money to people who can't afford to pay you back is a Bad Idea. She may not be an economist, but I bet she could tell you that lending money to people who can’t afford to pay you back is a Bad Idea.

]]> By: Steve http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/05/weekend-fun-eat-fast-grow-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-19302 Steve Mon, 11 May 2009 19:09:12 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1357#comment-19302 oh Marion, your not an economist, neither of those is what the charts show. stick to food. oh Marion, your not an economist, neither of those is what the charts show. stick to food.

]]> By: Jon http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/05/weekend-fun-eat-fast-grow-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-19172 Jon Mon, 11 May 2009 02:16:39 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1357#comment-19172 Yeah, but if you throw France off (what with an American boycott of all things even remotely French), what do you have? Still, in a way it makes sense. A dystopian way where everyone lives on Darth Vader nutrient feeders. (Don't believe it'll happen? I find your lack of faith disturbing.) Yeah, but if you throw France off (what with an American boycott of all things even remotely French), what do you have?

Still, in a way it makes sense. A dystopian way where everyone lives on Darth Vader nutrient feeders. (Don’t believe it’ll happen? I find your lack of faith disturbing.)

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