September 30, 2009
The U.S. Dilemma over How to Help Zimbabwe: Some Ideas from My Congressional Testimony
Zimbabwe is not only a problem for all of Africa, it’s a vexing dilemma for U.S policymakers. Some facts:
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April 28, 2009
New Poll Confirms that Congress Doesn't Listen to Voters When Lavishing Subsidies on Farmers
When I was writing my book, Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor, I came across a 2004 poll showing that Americans, including in farm states, support subsidies only for small farmers and only in bad years. Last week, another poll by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland was released showing that attitudes haven’t changed. The reality, as I discussed in my book, is that the top 20 percent of recipients receive 80 percent of all payments.
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