Chayanov
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| Quote (J-Dog @ Sep. 16 2009,14:21) | | Quote (socle @ Sep. 16 2009,14:09) | Wow. For once Denyse makes a genuinely thoughtful post, in Clive's thread on Norman Borlaug:
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Or maybe more than a billion, Clive?
Many people who live in technologically advanced societies do not realize how much violence against women in many poor societies is driven by food shortages. Including female infanticide, dowry burns, widow burnings, etc.
When anyone, male or female, can get a paying job and buy lots of food, prejudice against females tends to wane. It just doesn’t matter that much whether your family added a boy or a girl, because either sex can get a job in a technologically advanced society.
Maybe not the same job, but a job that buys food. So … ?
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"So ... ?"?
Then it all goes pear-shaped:
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Of course, we then get issues around obesity, but that’s choice, not desperation.
Investor tip: Invest in health clubs in nations where health gurus are screaming about excess fatness.
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WTF? |
but...
If only science could cure her fat-headedness...:) |
Sorry, she's a terminal case.
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