Looking at agricultural policy as a whole, there’s a tendency for economists to forget that agriculture, like all businesses, has a natural tendency toward inequality. The gap bet양산출장샵ween rich and poor is a reflection of the nature of capitalist wealth production, as well as a reflection of the natural tendency of markets to operate as an incentive for social organization of production.
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As a result, any reforms that are made must be coupled with increased investment. That means, as Mr. Kieffer so aptly put it, “no small measures”.
What we need, Mr. Kieffer said, is a “radical overhaul” of both domestic and international economic policy to create more stable conditions for the very poorest people in the world.
I think that he did quite well with his point about the fundamental flaw in his economic model, and I think that’s because he has the same problem with other countries’ models as well.
There is, of course, a lot of political will to change course. What needs to happen, I believe, is for countries all across the world, from Canada to Germany to India, to come together and come up with a credible, consistent and practical agenda that will give these poor people of the developing world what they are entitled to and the tools they need to take full advantage of this enormous opportunity.
