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>That easily lets them sell the crop and buy other food like everyone else. [citation needed].
by aaronblohowiak 13y ago
>That easily lets them sell the crop and buy other food like everyone else.
[citation needed].
- jessaustin 13y agoDid you miss the part where they make six times their previous income?
- SteveGerencser 13y agoAnd what about the people that used to buy it as their primary food source? Their incomes did not increase six times, just their monthly food bill.
- DanBC 13y agoBut we have no idea what their previous income was, nor how much other sources of food cost. It feels weird that local food is exported as a cash crop, and other food is imported.
- reeses 13y agoThis is basic Adam Smith-David Ricardo economics. They can grow quinoa and eat the seeds or export them and import a more diverse diet. Even if other countries can cultivate quinoa, it may make sense for Andeans to export their quinoa and import other foods.
- johnchristopher 13y agoI am pretty sure this is parent's conclusion of his logical argument.* So the citation you are looking for is the bunch of sentences before the one you quote. * which sounds a little bit like an open question "am I wrong ?" type.