How is that a good thing, shouldnt the free market take care of it? If there is shortage of wheat why cant wheat be imported from other countries to take care of the shortage?
What if there was a wheat recession and there was no more wheat anywhere? Or what if there was a trade war and they refuse to trade? At least I think it is a good thing that people no longer starve to death during recessions.
People in the US die because they cannot afford medical costs, the US is perfectly happy with that.
And yes, there is a very good point talking about hypotheticals on such literally vitally important topics.
> People in the US die because they cannot afford medical costs, the US is perfectly happy with that.
Maybe the difference is that sick people don't riot? If I remember the already mentioned "The Omnivore's Dilemma" correctly the current agricultural policies among other factors mentioned there also were created because of civil unrest due to food shortages, to prevent it from happening again. I can find plenty of sources for food riots, I have not read about anything similar caused by medical costs.
Based on your hypothesis?
> Maybe the difference is that sick people don't riot?
So people dying is ok its just that they should not riot?
No idea at all what you're talking about. The last time a Western non-planned economy had a famine outside of wartime was in 1906 [1].
The closest thing is a "food shortage" in Ireland in 1924-1925.
That is a truly incredible track record for relatively free markets.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Agricultural-Adjustment-Adm...
However, I think I could agree that corn and soy in particular are overproduced. I've heard that you can eat less soy by eating soybeans than by eating livestock raised on it.