1. I've been nursing a grudge against this Adam Gopnik New Yorker essay on John Stuart Mill for about 8 years: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/10/06/right-again …
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7. C. O’Grada: Although potato crop failed, [Ireland] was still producing and exporting more than enough grain crops to feed the population.
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8. Fact that Mill had a more cogent & enlightened critique than most of causes of famine (in landlord system) makes his stance even worse.
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@HeerJeet right Irish famine policy: (i) feed the hungry, (ii) give them boat tickets to Melbourne, New York, Toronto, (iii) problem solved -
@delong Well, as it happened those who didn't starve ended up doing point # (ii) with their own money. - Show replies
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@donnellymin Very similar. British policy in India as well.
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@HeerJeet A manmade catastrophe where the gov't skipped stepping in because of cost? What possible contemporary parallel could there be?!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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