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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by badpun on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:24AM (#22865012)
> The US economy around 1800 was the first economy in history to produce a consistent food surplus.

Poland was a big exporter of food (mostly grain) around XV and XVI century. There was also no hunger in the country, which means that the exported grain constituted a pretty consistent surplus.

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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by WalterBright on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:42PM (#22869792)
Countries have exported food at least since Roman times. Much of the ancient Mediterranean shipping was transporting food.

Hunger was still a constant specter, though.

Consider the rise in height in Americans after this achievement. This doesn't happen without plenty of food available all the time.

I'm old now. It wasn't until a couple years ago that I EVER went 24 hours without food (I was experimenting with fasting). Historically speaking, that is incredible.

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