Wednesday Links

Tyler Cowen on an early study by Claudia Goldin explaining inequality: returns to education is the culprit.

Case and Deaton:  Life expectancy at age 25 for those with four-year college degrees rose to 59 years on the eve of the pandemic, up from 54 years in 1992. But for those without college degrees, life expectancy reached its peak around 2010 and has been falling ever since. (NYT)

Matt Yglesias rejects the Case/Deaton argument for “deaths of despair.”

20 percent of adolescents had symptoms of major depressive disorder during the pandemic, but less than half got treatment.

45% of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee have conflicts of interest. That may be why the government published the food pyramid that caused so many people to get fat.