Group assignments
Ground rules

Readings

1. Michael Grynbaum. 2012. Soda industry maps strategy to defeat Bloomberg plan to ban Super-sized drinks. June 1, NY Times.
2. Nancy Huehnergarth. 2012. The masterminds behind the phony anti-soda tax coalitions. July 3, Huffington Post.
3. Center for Consumer Freedom. 2012. Call off the food police.
4. Americans Against Food Taxes. Check out some of the resources on this page--understand their message. (Sourcewarch page on AAFT)
5. Ali Mokdad, James Marks, Donna Stroup and Julie Gerberding. 2004. Actual causes of death in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 291 (no. 10): 1238-45. (just look at some of the statistics here)
6. Michael Pollan. 2009. Big food vs big insurance. Sept 10, New York Times.
7. Video clip from Thank you for Smoking

Assignment: 150 to 200 - word abstract.

1. At the top, put the citations for the articles you read.
2. Briefly summarize the articles (1-2 sentences for each).
3. Relate the articles to the class (why do you think we're reading them?)
4. Basically, I want you to show me that: 1) you read the articles, and; 2) you got something out of them.

In Zabel 256: We'll watch Inside Job