The New Yorker on food scarcity
The New Yorker makes a strong argument that a free market in food is not always a good thing.
They're not advocating collective farms, but they do warn against the dangers of half-arsed market forces. People need a reliable source of food, it's less important that it is efficient.
I wonder if the IMF et al would change their rules on marketing boards if they had their time again?
This article is from the New Yorker's must-buy, annual, food issue, which is out now, dated November 24. 2008. The full contents is here.
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