Thanks for this! I think a lot of this boils down to “the small body problem”, which the animal movement still routinely ignores in it’s strategising.
I am a big fan of using economic arguments for animals, and have authored 2 reports in the last year making these arguments. Caveats are that they are aimed at policymakers and are not economics papers so this forum would probably best treat them as BOTECs. I’d love to see economists take a “proper” look at some of these questions. That said, even shallow analyses can sway policymakers we have had good traction with the UK right wing media (rarely happens in animal advo) and have had conservative MPs and one Lord endorse the reports:
Thanks for this! I think a lot of this boils down to “the small body problem”, which the animal movement still routinely ignores in it’s strategising.
I am a big fan of using economic arguments for animals, and have authored 2 reports in the last year making these arguments. Caveats are that they are aimed at policymakers and are not economics papers so this forum would probably best treat them as BOTECs. I’d love to see economists take a “proper” look at some of these questions. That said, even shallow analyses can sway policymakers we have had good traction with the UK right wing media (rarely happens in animal advo) and have had conservative MPs and one Lord endorse the reports:
Modest meat reduction could save the UK national health service a good chunk of money through reduced health costs
Factory farming incurs hidden costs to taxpayers