If it turns out that things work better under government control, it will be the first time in history.
Take a re-read of that post from me to you on another thread about how we came to have all these decades of cheap food.
I'm not trying to support the government interference in our food market, the same result may very well have been achieved in some other fashion. BUT, for those decades the consumer was clearly the winner.
The problem, as I see it, is that now those birds are coming home to roost, as the crop markets haven't been entirely rational since the 50's.
With the government continuing to tinker, juggling an irrational energy policy with a somewhat irrational food policy, we have a terrible mess, nearly all of which is irrational.
This is going to continue to be painful, and very expensive. It didn