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Posted on 2018-10-232024-09-03

Food from Thought (Production Policies)

There are times when unintended consequences spring from bottom-up group behavior and times when these effects spring from enforced, top-down policy. This post deals with a few examples of top-down decisions that changed food supplies (and more) in unexpected ways.

Results include mass starvation, possibly the plague, and warehouses of moldy cheese. Continue reading “Food from Thought (Production Policies)”

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