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You might have to read this post twice to make sure your eyes didn’t deceive you. This article is actually completely different from my recent pieces on stealth inflation, but is even more infuriating. In this case, a grocery store called Fresh Markets decided to sell milk at a bargain basement price as part of a promotion, yet the state has deemed the price “too low.” As a result, the chain is being forced to raise the price. Yep, at a time when millions are struggling every day to make ends meet, this is what the state of Louisiana has...

The Mexican Experience and Lessons for WTO Negotiations on the Agreement on Agriculture Laura Carlsen | June 13, 2003 Americas Program, Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) www.americaspolicy.org The following is the text of a speech delivered by the author as part of the "Hearing of Experts on WTO: Agriculture, TRIPS and Singapore Issues" before the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research, and Energy of the European Parliament, June 11, 2003. The Doha Round mandated that special attention be given to the development needs of developing countries. Therefore, a review of the Agreement on Agriculture must focus on the impact of liberalization...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 12, 2003 THE WAY WE LIVE NOW The (Agri)Cultural Contradictions of Obesity By MICHAEL POLLAN ometimes even complicated social problems turn out to be simpler than they look. Take America's ''obesity epidemic,'' arguably the most serious public-health problem facing the country. Three of every five Americans are now overweight, and some researchers predict that today's children will be the first generation of Americans whose life expectancy will actually be shorter than that of their parents. The culprit, they say, is the health problems associated with obesity. You hear several explanations. Big food companies are pushing supersize portions of...