Why Unhealthy Food Is Cheap and Plentiful

Why Unhealthy Food Is Cheap and Plentiful
Carbohydrates make up the bulk of unhealthy and processed foods and and they are also subsidized the most. draghicich/iStock
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Every health-conscious person will tell you the reasons why the U.S. food market is such a mess. It’s fast food and corporate farming; we need to get back to local food and organics, they say. And we should have no processed foods, ever.

Let’s look more closely, based on an experience I had just the other day.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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