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- Do markets erode moral values? People ignore their own moral standards when acting as market participants, researchers say
- Brain diseases affecting more people and starting earlier than ever before
- Would you ‘Like’ a drink? Youth drinking cultures, social networking and alcohol marketing
- Super-sized citizens: The relationship between a country's fast-food outlets and its obesity rates
- With the right mortgage, home ownership builds wealth
| Posted: 10 May 2013 09:45 AM PDT Many people express objections against child labor, exploitation of the workforce or meat production involving cruelty against animals. At the same time, however, people ignore their own moral standards when acting as market participants, searching for the cheapest electronics, fashion or food. Thus, markets reduce moral concerns, new research shows.  |
| Brain diseases affecting more people and starting earlier than ever before Posted: 10 May 2013 04:55 AM PDT Scientists have found that the sharp rise of dementia and other neurological deaths in people under 74 cannot be put down to the fact that we are living longer. The rise is because a higher proportion of old people are being affected by such conditions -- and what is really alarming, it is starting earlier and affecting people under 55 years.  |
| Would you ‘Like’ a drink? Youth drinking cultures, social networking and alcohol marketing Posted: 10 May 2013 04:54 AM PDT Preventing alcohol abuse, especially among young people, has long been a focus of public-health campaigns. But despite the well-publicized social and medical consequences of drinking too much it's clear that for many, heavy drinking has become a normal part of life.  |
| Super-sized citizens: The relationship between a country's fast-food outlets and its obesity rates Posted: 10 May 2013 04:54 AM PDT Many studies have linked the meals served at fast-food outlets to obesity, but is there a relationship between the number of restaurants in a country and the girth of its population?  |
| With the right mortgage, home ownership builds wealth Posted: 09 May 2013 03:46 PM PDT The Great Recession, characterized by devastating mortgage defaults, has challenged the conventional wisdom that home ownership is a good investment, particularly for those with low and moderate incomes. But the conventional wisdom on the benefits of owning vs. renting still holds when done right, according to a newly published study.  |
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