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I hope some smart economist has written a good paper on how the cost of barbed wire affected the relative prevalence of farming vs ranching. If the cost of fencing shrinks relative to area fenced, it selects for uses that involve more space.
not sure if you're being very very dry or not, because I recall that there is such a paper <pause> you MUST be being dry
I was hoping it was true, and glad it was, but I know very little about agriculture economics. It’s American Urbanite Privilege to see food as a solved problem.
it's a classic issue, and it ties in with discussions about commons, Coase, and other stuff. I read it decades before I moved to a farm, but IIRC cattle are free range and have free range cultural norms, and sheep are fenced in. Balance titlted w fence, sheep & cattlemen fought
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