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Relative price and income inelasticity in agriculture

Technological advances have raised agricultural productivity enormously among 1800 and nowadays, and therefore, the relative incomes of family farmers declined dramatically. There hardships endured through American farm families throughout this period were most directly attributable to: (1) the unionization of migrant agricultural employees. (2) free trade policies which stimulated outsourcing of agricultural work to low wage countries. (3) demands for farm products being relatively price and income inelastic. (4) monopoly power obtained by giant trading firms within international agricultural markets. (5) policies which subsidized the exchange rate of the dollar and reduced farm exports.

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