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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by unglaublich on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @03:02PM (#47769887)
But in a pure market that would mean that during overproduction times, prices should be low. Which they artificially aren't through industry price fixing.
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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by bee_rider on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @03:19PM (#47770132)
I’m not sure what a pure market is.

The result that free markets are Prato optimal, though, requires conditions like low barriers to entry, perfect information, and low cost transactions… none of which seem very well met in the case of agriculture.

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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @03:38PM (#47770419)
It turns out that low barriers to entry, perfect information and low cost transactions are almost never present.
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