Audra Wolfe

So when the supermarket is upheld as this, you know, effectively missile, this concrete consumer weapon against the claims of communism, it's built on this idea that supermarkets are producing this affordability just through the workings of supply and demand, that, you know, it's unfettered markets that are somehow making food so affordable for American consumers.

So when the supermarket is upheld as this, you know, effectively missile, this concrete consumer weapon against the claims of communism, it's built on this idea that supermarkets are producing this affordability just through the workings of supply and demand, that, you know, it's unfettered markets that are somehow making food so affordable for American consumers.

So when the supermarket is upheld as this, you know, effectively missile, this concrete consumer weapon against the claims of communism, it's built on this idea that supermarkets are producing this affordability just through the workings of supply and demand, that, you know, it's unfettered markets that are somehow making food so affordable for American consumers.

Where the reality is, for everything from milk to beef to grain to processed foods of all kinds, there's massive government investment in the science and technology that enables the productivity of American farms, from fertilizers to frozen food processes to distribution and so forth. And that's all erased. The image is that it's just the supermarket itself that is the source of abundance.

Where the reality is, for everything from milk to beef to grain to processed foods of all kinds, there's massive government investment in the science and technology that enables the productivity of American farms, from fertilizers to frozen food processes to distribution and so forth. And that's all erased. The image is that it's just the supermarket itself that is the source of abundance.

Where the reality is, for everything from milk to beef to grain to processed foods of all kinds, there's massive government investment in the science and technology that enables the productivity of American farms, from fertilizers to frozen food processes to distribution and so forth. And that's all erased. The image is that it's just the supermarket itself that is the source of abundance.

Yeah, I actually don't have a problem with the U.S. government investment in science and technology and encouraging, you know, more productivity. The concern is with that being disguised as a free market when it's not particularly free. I mean, taking that to a propaganda level and attacking another country for not having free markets, it's just duplicitous, right?

Yeah, I actually don't have a problem with the U.S. government investment in science and technology and encouraging, you know, more productivity. The concern is with that being disguised as a free market when it's not particularly free. I mean, taking that to a propaganda level and attacking another country for not having free markets, it's just duplicitous, right?

Yeah, I actually don't have a problem with the U.S. government investment in science and technology and encouraging, you know, more productivity. The concern is with that being disguised as a free market when it's not particularly free. I mean, taking that to a propaganda level and attacking another country for not having free markets, it's just duplicitous, right?

Those massive surpluses of cheap corn... and later soybeans, encourages the rise of industrial meat production, concentrated animal production, livestock feeding operations, where that's enabled by cheap grain production.

Those massive surpluses of cheap corn... and later soybeans, encourages the rise of industrial meat production, concentrated animal production, livestock feeding operations, where that's enabled by cheap grain production.

Those massive surpluses of cheap corn... and later soybeans, encourages the rise of industrial meat production, concentrated animal production, livestock feeding operations, where that's enabled by cheap grain production.

Quite a few historians suggest that this all-out push to productivity killed the family farm, effectively. Shane Hamilton again. And it's hard to deny that. On the other hand, we don't apply the same kind of metrics to industrial manufacturing. Where similarly, there's been massive U.S. government investment in science and technology to support economic growth and productivity.

Quite a few historians suggest that this all-out push to productivity killed the family farm, effectively. Shane Hamilton again. And it's hard to deny that. On the other hand, we don't apply the same kind of metrics to industrial manufacturing. Where similarly, there's been massive U.S. government investment in science and technology to support economic growth and productivity.

Quite a few historians suggest that this all-out push to productivity killed the family farm, effectively. Shane Hamilton again. And it's hard to deny that. On the other hand, we don't apply the same kind of metrics to industrial manufacturing. Where similarly, there's been massive U.S. government investment in science and technology to support economic growth and productivity.

I'm sympathetic to those who see it as overall a net positive gain. However, the pain is real.

I'm sympathetic to those who see it as overall a net positive gain. However, the pain is real.

I'm sympathetic to those who see it as overall a net positive gain. However, the pain is real.

I mean, Walmart really came in and looked at the landscape of American supermarkets and saw inefficiencies everywhere. What Walmart did was build on its successful model of general merchandise sales. with hyper-efficient logistics and distribution, brought that into the supermarket industry and really shook things up.

I mean, Walmart really came in and looked at the landscape of American supermarkets and saw inefficiencies everywhere. What Walmart did was build on its successful model of general merchandise sales. with hyper-efficient logistics and distribution, brought that into the supermarket industry and really shook things up.