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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by michaf on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @07:02AM (#22864579)
> The US economy around 1800 was the first economy in history to produce a consistent food surplus.

Can you provide a source for this claim? Thanks.

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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by WalterBright on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:36PM (#22869719)
Eugene Weber's series of lectures "The Western Tradition".
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