If “a little learning is a dangerous thing”, as Alexander Pope wrote, then more must be better. Not necessarily, if you’re considering the financial return on your investment. Our analysis shows that many master’s-degree courses are a waste of money. Elsewhere, we consider what Robert F. Kennedy junior—who hates Big Pharma, Food and Ag—means for health policy under Donald Trump. He is coming for Americans’ cheeseburgers and Republicans’ sacred cows.