Higher food prices are good for you? The Economist wants your vote
July 29, 2008
I didn’t know anyone at The Economist ever disclosed the name of anyone who worked there but Jeff Koo, who seems to in some capacity, sent me a link to the magazine’s debate forum. The proposition for the week is: “There is an upside for humanity in the rise of food prices.” The magazine invites your comments, along with those of experts. Here’s your chance. Tell them you think higher food prices are just what the world needs right now. You don’t think so? I certainly don’t. Better let them know right away.
Higher food prices are so definitely needed in the U.S.!
Our food (well, now what I eat, but You Guys) is so artificially cheap (and unhealthy), due to ridiculous ag subsidies, that it would do most everyone except the poor a big favor by increasing drastically. Com’on, we’re the richest nation in the world, yet have by far the cheapest food prices of any major nation.
Comment by Jack at F&B — July 29, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
Higher food prices are actually helping some farmers in developing countries increase their incomes. But people living in cities in those same countries are, of course, having a harder time making ends meet. The FAO (sorry, don’t have the link) found that, overall, higher prices are causing more harm than good in developing countries.
Comment by Chris — August 2, 2008 @ 7:44 pm