----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad DeLong" <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>
>
> So in what sense is U.S. agriculture not "productive"? A
"productive"
> agriculture in the U.S.--given its relatively low population, the
> high product of labor outside agriculture, and its enormous
endowment
> of land--would seem to be an agriculture that economized on labor
and
> used its land extensively, thus achieving a high level of output
per
> worker and a not-so-high level of output per acre.
>
> "U.S. agriculture not particularly productive." Sheesh...
>
>
> Brad DeLong
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Tobacco, potatoes-french-fries.............What is "productivity" anyway?.............
Ian