An informative post on farmer suicides in India by Rida Bilgrami on the do no harm blog, which features writings by students in Development Studies at the London School of Economics:
Published August 30, 2011
Category: Economics
Published August 29, 2011
Call for Papers: Midwest International Economic Development Conference
I have received the following call for papers from Paul Glewwe:
Published August 25, 2011
American Farmers Encounter Competition, Don’t Like It
An article in the New York Times last Sunday:
“Nationwide, the number of farmers’ markets has jumped to 7,175 as of August 5; of those, 1,043 were established this year, according to the federal Agriculture Department. In 2005, there were 4,093 markets across the country.
Here in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, where hand-painted signs for fresh vegetables dot winding roads and eating local has long been a way of life, some farmers and market managers are uttering something once unfathomable: there are too many farmers’ markets.”
Oh no! Heaven forbid that consumers — who, last I checked, still vastly outnumbered farmers — would actually have too much choice and pay too little for healthful foods, right?