Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9781337617390
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 19.6, Problem 1ST
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The effect of federal agriculture policy for farmers and consumers.
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“Because consumers as a group must ultimately pay the total income received by farmers, it makes no real difference whether the income is paid through free farm markets or through price supports supplemented by subsidies financed out of tax revenue.” Do you agree?
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considering the impact socio-economic factors play in food safety, assess and identify critical-control points within food production and distribution channels.How does policy ensure that consumers' food is safe? What are some of the points along the way from the farm to the dinner table that is specifically targeted by government policy? And, finally, are all of these policies effective? Which are? Which are not?
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