GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Fordism, Archer Daniels Midland, Social Reproduction
5 Dec 2012
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Public health: don"t have a choice on what we can and can"t import, gmf. Culture: does have some culture side to it, french content in quebec, germany: purity law now in the eu this law is unfair. Big flaw: tends to drive wages down along with prices people"s incomes are not sufficient to buy things, labour is pushed to subsistence. Labour here has to compete with labour in the third world puts people out of work. Better distribution of land key to development, creates incomes: development has been based on small farmers, these small farmers gain income which they can put back in the economy. Trade agreements tend to favour large agriculture pushes small farmers out of their jobs. Gm foods: soybeans, corn: eu vs. monsanto. Eu ban on hormone beef: overruled for lack of scientific proof: the eu lost. Us endangered species act: no shrimp that endangers sea turtle: malaysia, philippians took us to court, the us prevailed.
