Chiapas my ass

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Wed Sep 29 16:26:49 PDT 1999


Right you are. Take the good land away from people. Put them on small plots on infertile hillsides. Deprive them of credit and necessary inputs .....

I just mentioned on pen-l an old book Farmers of 40 Centuries by King describing the success of "primitive" Asian ag. Written around 1910.

Jim heartfield wrote:


> It is inconceivable that six billion people could be fed at the level of
> productivity that obtains amongst Chiapas peasants. --

Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901



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