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Old 05-02-2008, 01:12 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ironduke View Post
Wouldn't game theory posit that if one farmer lowered his production, others would increase theirs to reap extra profit?
Very good point...

And these are not a small number of large farmers who can collude and negate this; these represent a huge number of farmers with very small holdings

Of course, in real life, it is doubtful if they will actually be able to affect their production at all...
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