Maybe I'm missing it in the bulk of the article somewhere, but I thought this claim could have used a little more support: In a locust economy, the Jeffersonia

Maybe I'm missing it in the bulk of the article somewhere, but I thought this claim could have used a little more support: In a locust economy, the Jeffersonian middle class is a terrible place to be. It is no accident that the worst-hit victims of the locust plagues of the 19th century were small farmers living the Jeffersonian dream handed to them by the Homestead Act of 1862.