JNugent wrote: sizy_one wrote: The only guarantee market theory can make is that the product hits the shelves, not that the consumer can afford it. That's true for all markets hence the necessity for social intervention when dealing with basic needs. It depends which consumer, and which goods, you are talking about. Nothing can be produced which is, in the long-term
On Jun 22, 12:57 pm, Maria <i...@tajarts.co.uk> wrote: On Jun 22, 12:26 pm, Mel Rowing <mel.row...@btinternet.com> wrote: Maybe the market theory works better for the consumer on a local level, but globally it can lead to disaster as we can now see in countries where people are rioting due to food shortages. The demand is there but the goods aren't. In WWII we were driven to ensure
On Jun 22, 12:26 pm, Mel Rowing <mel.row...@btinternet.com> wrote: On Jun 22, 11:40 am, sizy_one <sim...@bulldoghome.com> wrote: On Jun 22, 9:22 am, Mel Rowing <mel.row...@btinternet.com> wrote: Your arguments are well rehearsed, well thought through and represent a general consensus throughout the industry and therefore Government, however they provide little in the way of
"penny" <gorawen@sentex.net wrote in message news:bjhk34tv7g4afvef886ll4ppu0bf4rjphb@4ax.com... We don't have to wait. It's already happening with a vengeance in some parts of the world. Quite true. We have seen the price increases in the store. Likely will continue too as the world wants energy to produce and transport the food and the food supply gets tighter. Our addiction
Zimbabwe's white farmers in land-grab battle By David Blair, Diplomatic Editor, in Johannesburg Last Updated: 2:09am BST 09/04/2008 Zimbabwe's last white farmers were "preparing for the worst" yesterday as their leader predicted that they would all be forced to leave their properties by President Robert Mugabe's latest land invasion. The height of the land grab campaign in 2000. Gangs of
