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Subject: Re: Re: Hunger and the Free Market
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Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 23:01:00 EDT
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Before anyone talks further about whether socialism is a good
basis for agriculture, I suggest you read some case histories.

I suggest two books:

"A Pattern for Failure" by Sven Rydenfelt (which JoSH has
suggested before) and
"Endless Enemies, The Making of an Unfriendly World" by Jonathan Kwitny

I haven't finished "Endless Enemies" yet, but so far it's a hell of a
read.  The author was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

I AM curious about carnes' outline -- what evidence do Lappe and
Collins give for the following?

>  Lessons from societies eliminating hunger.  The only countries
>  effectively overcoming hunger, according to Lappe and Collins, are
>  those incorporating aspects of "socialism," where people are trying
>  to create an economic system in which all have the opportunity to
>  participate in decisions about the use of resources and in which all
>  are assured of food security.

Which countries did they use as examples for THIS little gem of 
wisdom?  Over what time span?