Better technology for all
What does the phrase "better technology" mean when we're talking about a closed system of two consumer/producers? Are you going to stop growing your lettuce one year and let your child starve while you invent a John Deere combine and some genetically modified Monsanto lettuce seeds?
This isn't intended to be sarcastic -- it simply shows how difficult it is to react to the countless "imbalances" we come across on a regular basis in our economy.
The way I see it, there's only one solution to this problem that may end up working to the advantage of both of us. Give it one more shot!