On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Juan Jose Barrios wrote:
> most agriculture in the US is less efficient than Latin American
> agriculture...so it is the other way around...they would go under if
> the didn't get subsidies (direct and indirect) from the U.S.
> govt!!!!
Do you have any recent cites on that point?
BTW, Michael Perelman is much too modest -- his 1977 book on the subject is uniquely brilliant. But it would be nice to have arguments incorporating some more recent data.
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