No such thing as a free lunch – or a leather-bound desk diary!

No such thing as a free lunch.

conomists love to say that there is no such thing as a free lunch. But the Chilean government agency responsible for school grants, Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas (JUNAEB), is an exception to the rule. During the school year, JUNAEB provides breakfast and lunch for 2 million children in primary and secondary public schools. In a developing country where about 14 percent of children u...

There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.

The weather is a topic about which nearly everyone readily comments or has an opinion. Today another topic has emerged to rival it for people's attention. That topic is food costs. Both the weather and food are items which affect everyone , so it should not be surprising that these two subjects share the &tinction of being the concern of everyone. Since most people understand little more about ...

Low-dose sugammadex reversal: there is no such thing as a free lunch.

A recent study by Genovese et al. unraveled the findings of the intensively discussed gene region around MYH9 and its association with non-diabetic chronic kidney disease in African-Americans. First, it is not the genetic variation in MYH9 but in the neighbouring APOL1 that causes the strong association with disease in African-Americans and second, the study showed strong evidence for a positiv...

"There's no such thing as a free meal".

No such thing as a bad day.

This is an excerpt from Hamilton Jordan's book No Such Thing as a Bad Day reprinted with permission.