Agricultural populists have argued this way since the mid 1800s. For a brief
moment
they made common cause with the striking railroad workers, but for the most
part the
connection has not been made by urban workers.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 03:17:41AM -0800, soula avramidis wrote:
this brings
I just like kalecki s equation. it shows in the
typical classical sense that price markup and degree
of monpoly ie profits lower proportionatly the real
wage. moreover since prices are in the purview of
capital workers can only raise their nominal thru
union activity.
soula avramidis wrote:
... moreover since prices are in the purview of
capital workers can only raise their nominal thru
union activity.
Kalecki's equation is often interpreted as saying that all unions can
do is raise money wages. Since the boss simply adds a mark-up to unit
labor costs,
This depends Michael. You are right when you talk about highly
processed foods but quite wrong when talking about fresh foods like
meat, fruits and vegetables. The retail margins are considerably higher
on these items but that is because of the high cost of maintaining goods
freshness and their
Yes, but production costs are a relatively small part of most food costs
compared to
profits, distribution, marketing
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 11:48:38PM -0800, soula avramidis wrote:
isn't the rising cost of energy content of modern agriculture specifically
rising oil prices partly
I think that was what I specifically said in my longer comment, but it
is not just the higher cost of energy of modern agriculture, but
increasingly, the higher energy content and cost of processing foods and
moving them increasingly longer distances.
Paul Phillips
soula avramidis wrote:
isn't
On Feb 17, 2008 9:47 PM, Sandwichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A guy came into the food co-op today to pick up his four 25-pound
sacks of wheat. He advised me to pick up a couple of sacks of wheat
for yourself and store them in your basement. So I took a look at
recent news stories on
is that peak food or a run-up of food prices due to the ethanol boom?
On Feb 18, 2008 12:47 AM, Sandwichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A guy came into the food co-op today to pick up his four 25-pound
sacks of wheat. He advised me to pick up a couple of sacks of wheat
for yourself and store them
A couple of thoughts. The extreme drought in Australia has severely
impacted that large producer of wheat. The US boom in ethanol has
driven US corn prices soaring. And the switch to corn raised soybean
prices.
Having acknowledged that, I would add that actual agricultural
commodity
If prices rise, doesn't it put some of the marginal corn producers back
in the game?
I'm thinking about Mexico.
Eugene Coyle wrote:
A couple of thoughts. The extreme drought in Australia has severely
impacted that large producer of wheat. The US boom in ethanol has
driven US corn prices
On 2/18/08, Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Having acknowledged that, I would add that actual agricultural
commodity costs are not the most important component of what we call
food prices at the supermarket.
Two points, though. One is that the demand for the basic food
The Blessed Max wrote:
If prices rise, doesn't it put some of the marginal corn producers back
in the game?
I'm thinking about Mexico.
it's possible that it could intensify the incentive for the rich to
steal the poor's land.
--
Jim Devine / Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti. (Go your
Have many already lost their land?
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 02:24:24PM -0500, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
If prices rise, doesn't it put some of the marginal corn producers back
in the game?
I'm thinking about Mexico.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
I don't know.
Gene
On Feb 18, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Sandwichman wrote:
On 2/18/08, Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Having acknowledged that, I would add that actual agricultural
commodity costs are not the most important component of what we call
food prices at the supermarket.
In the current situation of rapidly rising food prices, I think one has
to consider both the factors affecting supply and demand (separately)
and also the short and the long run factors affected future projected
food prices. The current run up in prices have been attributed
primarily to the
Paul gave some excellent warnings. Don't forget water shortages,
elimination of ag. land via urbanization, and the poor treatment of the
remaining ag. land.
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax
A guy came into the food co-op today to pick up his four 25-pound
sacks of wheat. He advised me to pick up a couple of sacks of wheat
for yourself and store them in your basement. So I took a look at
recent news stories on agricultural commodity prices. Prices are
soaring. Every kind of planted
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/peak_food_helli.html
Food supplies are shrinking alarmingly around the globe, plunging the
world into its greatest crisis for more than 30 years. New figures show
that this year's harvest will fail to produce enough to feed everyone on
Earth, for the
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/peak_food_helli.html
Food supplies are shrinking alarmingly around the globe, plunging the
world into its greatest crisis for more than 30 years. New figures show
that this year's harvest will fail to produce enough to feed everyone on
Earth, for the
raghu wrote:
...while much of the food is thrown away for the amusement of the rich.
.
The other part of the reply I received from Travs T. Hipp in regard to
the congratulatory note I sent:
Industry dinner, two hundred for dinner, filet mignion etc, eight to a
table, I was the only one who
raghu wrote:
...while much of the food is thrown away for the amusement of the rich.
.
The other part of the reply I received from Travs T. Hipp in regard to
the congratulatory note I sent:
Industry dinner, two hundred for dinner, filet mignion etc, eight to a
table, I was the only one who
On 9/8/06, raghu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Part of that discarded food is apparently making grizzly bears
slothful and overweight.
Because of the negative impact on the bears, they are making a big
effort to keep bears from eating discarded human food (by using
extra-tough garbage cans, etc.)
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 04:07:29PM -0400, ravi wrote:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/peak_food_helli.html
Food supplies are shrinking alarmingly around the globe, plunging the
world into its greatest crisis for more than 30 years. New figures show
that this year's harvest will
Michael Perelman wrote:
There are environmental constraints coupled with an irrational system that does
little to channel resources to where they are most needed. So we have the same
problem that the United States based during the Depression: starving people and
too much food.
,
Here's
Yes, but before the payments went through the roof -- and remain on
top of the roof -- the Freedom to Farm bill had to be repealed by
the conservatives. Repealed but not repudiated. The latter would
have meant repudiating the market and no one wanted that.
Gene Coyle
On Sep 8, 2006, at 8:14
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