Economic Rockstar

034: David Simon on Meatonomics and How the Meat and Dairy Industry Impose Substantial Negative Externalities on Society

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Sinopsis

David Robinson Simon is a lawyer and advocate for sustainable consumption. David works as general counsel for a healthcare company and serves on the board of the Animal Protection and Rescue League Fund, a non-profit dedicated to protecting animals. David runs a website that keeps us up-to-date on matters arising from the farm animal industry as well as informing us of other animal-related causes. David received his B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and his J.D. from the University of Southern California. He is the author of two books: New Millennium Law Dictionary, a full-length legal dictionary and Meatonomics.  He lives in Southern California with his partner, artist Tania Marie, and their rabbit, tortoise, and two cats. Find Out: why David, a lawyer, turned to economics to explain how the meat industry is a cost to society. about the lack of rights that exist for farm animals. how the farming community set the standards on how farm animals are treated. how the Customary Farming Extension was introduced to le