At 11:59 AM -0400 10/13/03, Doug Henwood wrote: >>Doug asks: >>> I'm curious what PEN-Lers think a socialist or other variety of >>> "progressive" government should do in a mostly poor, rural, peasant >>> society. Promote education and industrialization? >>> Wouldn't that >>> undermine the economic and social bases of existing life? <<<<<>>>>>
isn't need for change in land ownership in such countries supported by evidence that smaller farms get higher yields per hectare...seem to recall study indicating that equal distribution of ag land to farming families would result in substantial increase in food production (countries studied included colombia, malaysia, pakistan, brazil, among others)... michael hoover
