First Mistake: Kristof Believes What He Reads in the NY Times!

Revival of the "sugary drink tax" must have Nick Kristof feeling his oats, and thus he of Scarsdale weighs in on the healthcare debate with some dubious comparisons. A trifecta of economists, quarterbacked by Don Boudreaux, take issue with his skewed understanding of the facts, which no doubt emanates from the fact that he relies on accounts in the New York Times!

N.B. Kristof has long been an advocate of the soda tax, which makes him the Times's mini-me nanny to their grand poohbah of...well, nannyism just doesn't seem to be the right word. On the Friedman (he of the manor) thing, is he kidding, doesn't he know that the Chinese are hundreds of billions of dollars deep into hydrocarbon commitments and playing the rest of the world for fools?