Right. Dr. Reagan, a trained ag. economist! Soviet agriculture did quite well considering its unfavorable resource base. Its distribution system was not up to par. For many crops, Soviet yields were superior to those of the US, but not their output/hour.
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 09:00:32AM +0200, Jurriaan Bendien wrote: > According to former actor and US president Ronald Reagan, the superior > productivity of American farming, compared to Soviet farming, was a decisive > argument for the superiority of capitalism as a social and economic system. > Yeah. > > J. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Pollak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 7:06 AM > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Africa-trade > > > > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Eubulides cited the Guardian saying: > > > > > Cotton farmers' poverty laid at door of US > > > > > > African leaders to challenge Bush over 'ruinous' trade practices > > > Rory Carroll, Africa correspondent > > > > One of the interesting side points that is rarely emphasized in this story > > is that it's a pretty stark refutation of the idea that big, mechanized > > agriculture is always more productive that small farmers. You can't get > > smaller and more labor intensive and less educated and with less > > infrastructure than cotton farmers in Mali, or more mechanized than cotton > > farming in the US. And yet we need protection to keep them from eating > > our lunch. > > > > Michael > > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
