主题:【原创】大豆的陷落(续二) -- 范适安
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman openly acknowledged the use of food
trade and aid as a political lever in an important policy-setting article
entitled “Malthus, Marx and the North American Breadbasket.”(Foreign
Affairs 45, July 1967) “Our unmatched food-producing capability,”
he asserted, “has strengthened our foreign policy immeasurably.” Its first
effect was upon “the balance of power between East and West.” North America
became a vital supplier of Communist nations’ food needs, with the result
that their food deficits “are causing them to become politically and
militarily vulnerable.” The United States has supplanted China as Japan’s
main source of food imports. China, in fact, is dependent today on Western
Hemisphere grain supplies. “Without our ability to generate huge farm
exports, these strong economic ties could not have developed. In geographic
terms Japan is off the coast of California. This is but one of the more
dramatic illustrations of the value of a productive farm sector in supporting
our foreign policy.”
转引自Michael Hudson的Super Imperalism,p201.
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🙂呵呵,有意思!!! 范适安 字0 2008-01-16 03:08:06
🙂相对而言,美国的农业比工业更强大。 友来有趣 字44 2008-01-14 10:36:33
🙂世界各大国美国农业条件最佳:水土热全有。勉强巴西能比吧 wage 字0 2008-01-16 04:41:21
🙂引1967年《外交事务》上的一段自白
🙂是啊!多谢! 范适安 字0 2008-01-14 14:57:00
🙂老美太牛X了 1 黄有财 字152 2008-01-14 10:11:08
🙂呵呵,太有财了! 范适安 字0 2008-01-14 14:57:52
🙂哈哈,东海粮油,我点过他们的筒仓 2 猪头大将 字90 2008-01-14 08:50:05