Municipal Markets

The twentieth century city has two very definite food problems.One is to keep its gates open to the food supply of the nation and the world; the other is to open wide its gates to the output of the agricultural country round about.One unfortunate result of making avail- able to each city the food supply of all sections of the nation, and indeed of the world, has been to cause the urban dweller to give all too little heed to the output and prosperity of the surrounding farming community.The twentieth century need is to encourage near-by farmers to sell at home. The Need f or Selling at HomeNo section of the United States is now wholly rural.In all parts of the nation, the city is growing apace.In no state in the Union from 1900 to 1910 did the urban population increase less than 10 per cent, while in 16 states it increased from 10 to 30 per cent, in 13 states from 30 to 50 per cent, and in 19 states over 50 per cent.In

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• Market Failure in Context

  Alain Marciano, Steven G Medema•History of Political Economy•2015

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