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step back on September 19, 2006 - 10:24am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
On the fate of go-it-alone farmers, New York Times reports here (freely accessible) that a significant number of Indian farmers terminate their debt load through resort to suicide.
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"Your father is dead," she [the wife] screamed at her small son, who stood before her, dazed.
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davidsmi on September 19, 2006 - 10:29am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Ah yes, the glorious green revolution!
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copelch on September 19, 2006 - 11:42am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Indeed. In conjunction with a high birth rate, the Green Revolution doubled or tripled the number of persons who are likely to starve to death after a brief and miserable life.

Such is progress -- and its unintended consequences.

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