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...effort to help alleviate world hunger. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith spoke before the United Nations General Assembly Friday, encouraging troubled third-world nations to support agricultural reforms over industrial development...
Most poor developing countries have not reached the stage where industrialization can lead to true economic progress, Galbraith said to U.N. ambassadors gathered in New York City for a "World Food Day" session...
...often, we have taken the advanced [industrial] policies of capitalism and socialism and transplanted them to countries where food production is [the most] important issue," said Galbraith yesterday in an interview...
...that Galbraith is arguing is that you don't want to bias the economy against agriculture," said C. Peter Timmer, Black professor of agriculture and business, adding that, because farmers live far removed from the political centers of third-world countries, their views tend to be ignored by the politicians, to the harm...
...Galbraith's program is not a new idea, said Malcolm Gillien, professor of public policy and economics at Duke University, adding that for almost 15 years, there has been a growing consensus among economists that poor countries should stop stifling the agricultural market...