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Dan Farber Why I’m boycotting Coke

Dan Farber, professor of law | 3/19/13 | 2 comments

 Why Coke, you might wonder.  Why not Pepsi?  The answer is that diet coke is my soft drink of choice.  It’s easy for me to boycott other soft drinks since I don’t drink them anyway. I like diet coke, so that’s the subject of my boycott.

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Dan Farber The NAACP and the politics of race and regulation

Dan Farber, professor of law | 1/29/13 | One comment

There’s a bit of a kerfuffle going on about the NAACP’s defense of over-sized soft-drinks.  In an amicus brief challenging New York City’s new ban on the super-size, the NAACP (joined by the Hispanic Federation and an association of Korean grocers) takes a surprisingly libertarian stance against government regulation.  It … More >

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