670. Beeconomics 101How do beekeepers make a living? Why is there so much honey fraud? And why did billions of bees suddenly disappear? To find out, guest host Steve Levitt activates his hive mind.
SOURCES: •
Alex Sapoznik • , historian, reader in late medieval history at King’s College London.
Chris Hiatt • , past president of the American Honey Producers Association, owner of Hiatt Honey Company.
Michael Roberts • , founding executive director of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at U.C.L.A. Law School.
Walter "Wally" Thurman • , professor emeritus of agricultural economics at North Carolina State University.
RESOURCES: •
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U.S. honey is increasingly supplied through imports • ," by David Olsen
(USDA Economic Research Service, • 2018).
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Economic Effects and Responses to Changes in Honey Bee Health • ," by Peyton Ferrier, Randal Rucker, Walter Thurman, and Michael Burgett
(USDA Economic Research Service, • 2018).
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The Fable of the Bees: An Economic Investigation • ," by Steven Cheung
(The Journal of Law and Economics, • 1973).
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Sugar and Sweeteners Yearbook Tables - Visualization: Meeting honey demand in the United States • ,"
(USDA Economic Research Service) • .
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