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Most 'countries' don't buy or sell food. It's businesses within those countries who do produce and sell food. And if they get a far better price by exporting th
by euccastro 16y ago
Most 'countries' don't buy or sell food. It's businesses within those countries who do produce and sell food. And if they get a far better price by exporting than by selling to their starving neighbours, we can't assume they'll be any more moral than the speculators (only on a smaller scale).
Wasn't this Invisible Hand thing going to take care of optimally distributing wealth in the face of perfectly selfish actors?
- Tichy 16y agoFirst look closer into the countries that actually had a problem with starvation and food shortage. I don't think they were mostly the capitalist ones where actors were able to act selfish on their own.