Search Results - "Great Depression"

Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19 by Torero, Maximo

“…The first blow was the Great Lockdown; the second, the worst recession since the Great Depression. No modern economy has experienced anything like this. …”
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The future of US farm policy by Smith, Vincent H., Glauber, Joseph W.

“…Most current farm bill subsidy and other domestic support programmes for agriculture have their origins in legislation introduced in the 1930s to alleviate poverty among farm households during the Great Depression. Although US farm households have enjoyed higher incomes and wealth than the average US family for many years, legislation to support agricultural commodity prices and to increase farm incomes has persisted. …”
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