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This isn’t meant to be a normative statement, but the French government subsidizes wine, cheese and other agricultural export production significantly.
by doctorpangloss 2y ago
This isn’t meant to be a normative statement, but the French government subsidizes wine, cheese and other agricultural export production significantly.
- tardy_one 2y agoTrue, but they also pay to destroy it when prices are too low.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoGood god, they should just give it away as a marketing cost.
- diab0lic 2y agoWould this increase prices, decrease prices, or leave prices unaffected?
- toomuchtodo 2y agoDepends on how they manage distribution and market expectations to maintain a price floor. OPEC for artisanal delights. I agree care must be taken to not devalue overall product volume.