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28 Post author: Will_Newsome 12 January 2014 02:18AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 January 2014 10:16:22AM 4 points [-]

Actually I am under the impression that the main effects of agricultural subsidies are to make food cheaper for people in the First World who are already eating (more than) enough, while making competition for Third World farmers much harder.

Comment author: satt 18 January 2014 05:55:33PM *  1 point [-]

I've seen a relatively upbeat spin on that phenomenon, although I'm not sure how seriously to take all of that article's empirical claims.