Genetically Modified (GM) Food

[Brad De Long]

>G'day Observers,
>
>I tend to James's side in this thorny debate (the ignoramus can but tend).
>
>It does occur to me that higher-yield/longer-lasting crops (and I
>wholeheartedly agree with Mike that tomatoes ain't what they used to be -
>nor bacon, cheddar or capsicum -

They are at Andronico's (at least, they are as good as anything I can grow)
at about the same real labor-time price that American consumers paid 70
years ago. To grow a truly ripe, truly flavorful tomato takes a lot of
close cultivation--and you then cannot profitably sell the product for 49
cents a pound.

Modern rubber tomatoes have one big advantage: they are really, really
cheap because they require really, really little social labor time to
grow...

Brad DeLong