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Sidenote: Has there been serious research into _why_ these 'food deserts' happen (or at least their urban form; the rural version seems more explicable), and/or
by rsynnott 1y ago
Sidenote: Has there been serious research into _why_ these 'food deserts' happen (or at least their urban form; the rural version seems more explicable), and/or why they seem to happen in the US more than in other developed countries, does anyone know? On the face of it, even as a fairly market-sceptical person, this is one that I would kind of expect the invisible hand to deal with.
- captn3m0 1y agohttps://99percentinvisible.org/episode/634-food-deserts/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/634-food-deserts/ 99pi has a nice podcast on food deserts. It puts the blame on the decision from the FTC to stop enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act, and only use consumer prices as the metric for antitrust rulings.
- Izkata 1y ago> On the face of it, even as a fairly market-sceptical person, this is one that I would kind of expect the invisible hand to deal with. This is more one of the causes: Too much theft so they cut their losses.