All Posts Tagged With: "agriculture"
Wheat and World Trade
Mr. Paul de Heresy, economist and former member of the Wheat Advisory Committee, London, is the author of World Wheat Planning. Oxford University Press, 1940. Though agriculture is the very foundation of all human activity, it constitutes only one part of man’s economic life. It should therefore be brought into conformity with the general economic [...]
1Apr1956 | Paul de Heresy | 14 comments | ContinuedFree-Market Farming
Dr. Curtiss is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education. An economic remedy for a political headache An economist of national reputation once told me: “The trouble with agriculture is that it is a decadent business.” This came as something of a shock to one who had been raised on a [...]
1Feb1956 | W. M. Curtiss | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Farm Problem
This article, under the title “The Wrong Track?” was first printed in The Prairie Farmer, February 19, 1955, A County Agent fears that the farmers’ acceptance of subsidies will be used by government as proof that it has thereby acquired the right to control their lands Washington is again ringing with debate about the farm [...]
1May1955 | M. H. Banner | 0 comments | Continued-
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