Studying economics is good because you can apply it to everything the world we live in on a day to day basis. I came across a letter to the editor in the Economist that is a perfect example, plus it pays out fat ppl. What more could you want?

SIR - You ignore the negative externalities that the obese impose on society. In addition to higher health-care costs that we thin must bear, the visual grossness of the morbidly obese reduces the pleasure of being with other people, particularly in restaurants. And since the fat take up more than their fair share of space, they impose costs on the rest of us on aeroplanes and elsewhere.
My doctor had to buy new electronic scales with a maximum of 450lb as his beam scale only went to 350lb. Patients over 450lb are sent to a farm with scales that are used for weighing pigs to determine if they are ready for market.
STEVEN GRAHAM
Valparaiso, Indiana

A perfect example..


"the visual grossness reduces the pleasure of being with other people"

I say this calls for some government intervention.

Adieu

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