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The negligible impact of purchasing green electricity.

The Nutri-Score has gained popularity and now appears in France, Spain, Belgium, and Germany. The idea is sound: Indicate if products are broadly good or bad for your health. In this article, I look at some nonsensical scores and try to understand what has gone wrong.

Rent control is a recurring idea in politics. And for good reasons: In some cities, housing prices increase to untenable levels for most. Berlin was one of those cities. For decades, it was known in part for its affordable cost of living. But its rise in popularity led rents to sharply. Until last year, when a strict rent control law enacted.