SOC 2080 Lecture 4: SOC2080 Week 4 Jan 31 Lecture ntoes
11 Feb 2012
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Manifest evidence of corporate concentration in input and output sectors: roy. Failure of free market mechanisms: rich get richer, others increase as well. Few ppl controlled key aspects of the economy. pressure on govt tot deal w the farmers complaints. Farmers wanted stability and protection from much stronger economic actors. Opposed what they called destructive competition : to farmers and also a lot of businesses. Orderly marketing: what it meant: policies designed to achieve the maintenance of fair prices, the regulation of supply, the cultivation of demand and the improvement of quality . Set back w the election of mackenzie king. How was the bill changes, does this teach us: showed how despite farmers orgs for years, if they didn t have govt in office they elected, they couldn t expect to win, limited, lower guaranteed price etc. Mac king realized if they didn t help agrarian interests, they could lose seats or even election b/c lose west vote.
