Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

Greetings from ... The Eternal City! The family and I are taking a Roman Vacation this week. We've been having a wonderful experience learning about the culture and trying to speak our very broken Italian.

This will be a quick note this week because I've got to go drink some more espresso and eat more gelato.

Read

What: Insider, A man shopped only in convenience stores for a month to try and see what it's like to live in a food desert — here's what happened

https://www.insider.com/eating-in-simulated-food-desert-2019-5

Why: "A man" happens to be this man. The article is based on my food desert research I did a few years ago. Funny how this story seems to have legs that keep on running.

Watch

What: Into the (Food) Desert: A Food Desert Simulation

https://youtu.be/EpKBIFQbc5k

Why: Here is my lecture about the food desert simulation that I gave at the American Public Health Association conference a few years ago. Sorry for self-promotion this week - like I said, espresso to drink; gelato to eat.

Listen

What: Econtalk, Robin Feldman on Drug Patents, Generics, and Drug Wars

http://www.econtalk.org/robin-feldman-on-drug-patents-generics-and-drug-wars/

Why: Very interesting discussion of the drug market and innovation, and how pharmaceutical companies try to maximize profits.

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Thanks for reading and see you next week! If you come across any interesting stories, won't you send them my way? I'd love to hear what you think of these suggestions, and I'd love to get suggestions from you. Feel free to drop me a line by e-mail, or you can tweet to me at @mbonica .

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Have a great weekend and do amazing things!

Mark

Mark J. Bonica, Ph.D., MBA, MS

Assistant Professor

Department of Health Management and Policy

University of New Hampshire

(603) 862-0598

mark.bonica@unh.edu

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"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau