‘Alternate economics for delivering food have been much less successful. See China, 1950s, North Korea, recently, etc.’
See Venezuela!
“Hundreds of National Guardsmen in riot gear and armoured vehicles prevented an “empty pots march” from reaching Venezuela’s food ministry on Saturday to protest against chronic food shortages.”
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/09/venezuela-protest-food-shortages
The Pope’s hated speculation in food prices is illegal in Venezuela.
People are starving.
Way to go, Comrade Pope.