Haha, thanks! I really enjoyed it, and it went by super fast.

Let's use reality, not libertarian pie-in-the-sky.

Take crop insurance.

It existed going back to the 1930s, but was a tiny program for family farms. Fast forward to massive consolidation post-80s from deregulation - that program gets turbocharged for corporate interest and drives overproduction

Where? Lawyer isn't on that webpage.

Take JBS, the largest meatpacker the world's ever seen. They've been accused of bribing meat inspectors, buying off politicians, hiring children in packing plants, and using slave-like labor.

Their not going to let any regulator change get in their way. Hence, they were Trump's largest inaug donor.

Our fundamental disagreement: I believe no meaningful regulatory change can be made without first trust-busting. It's step one before anything else. The money and power will undermine any reforms.

I also have no legal training.

I also think we might differ on the fundamental problem here. You seem to think govt is the problem whereas I see the regs reflecting unchecked corporate power. In this case, it being the largest private company in America: Cargill.

Because it's an interview about food distribution, not the Farm Bill. I have an entire chapter on the Farm Bill via a Grain Baron chapter that we did an entirely different Odds Lots episode last year on.

aw, thanks :)

Yup! It's in the paperback. Here's a snippet published recently, too.

Thanks!