Jonathan Gruber
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Jonathan Gruber
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Smokers are made better-off by taxes, as they provide a valuable self-control device, ... Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?
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Doubling the frequency of attendance leads to a 9.1 percent increase in household income, or a rise of 5.5 percent as a fraction of the poverty scale.
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It was a massive success - it blew us away.
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Those with more faith may be less 'stressed out' about daily problems that impede success in the labor market and the marriage market, and therefore are more successful.
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Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight.
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P.T. Barnum said a sucker is born every minute, but his estimate was laughably low.