Prospering in a Free Market
General manager policy and advocacy of the Federated Farmers of New Zealand Mark Ross discusses the benefits of cutting farm subsidies in New Zealand and, together with the editor of the Cato Institute’s Downsizing Government website Chris Edwards, blogs in favour of the US Congress also exploring the proven alternative of free market farming. “The removal of farm subsidies in New Zealand gave birth to a vibrant, diversified, and growing rural economy, and it debunked the myth that farming cannot prosper without subsidies,” the article concludes.