Posts Tagged ‘food shortages’

The “Indiana Market” Analogy

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Or their Arab neighbors. (Forget the last one. Places like Iraq desperately need private investment, but I think we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves here. And let’s be honest, I don’t think we’re anywhere close to being ready for something like this. Spencer Ackerman sees it as a drain on Iraqi resources as well [...]

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Rice Rationing…in The United States

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

I went shopping today and the formerly affordable, pretty good Canadian cheddar I used to buy regularly is, well, no longer affordable (to me). A friend of mine with family all over the world participates in a remittances system with his friends and family overseas. I was interested to learn, recently, that in his case [...]

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