Quotes About Food Regulation

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“"The ultimate recession": a recession caused not by failed regulation and bankers greed, but by very high oil prices, food and water shortages, disappearing forests, accelerating climate change, forced migration and mass civil disruption ... The long and the short of it, unfortunately, is this: more politicians still believe that economic recovery depends on continuing to live beyond our means (financially and ecologically) than on learning to live within our means. And thats why the ultimate "Perfect Storm" recession still looms on the horizon”
— Jonathon Porritt —

“Some doomsayers think the collapse will be triggered by runaway government spending, excessive taxation, oppressive regulation, food shortages, fuel shortages or natural disasters such as deadly pandemics or lethal changes in the world's climate.”

— Robert Higgs

“Studying many obese people in great detail and following them over a long period of time, I have come to the conclusion that ... overeating, though it is observed with great regularity, is not the cause of obesity; it is a symptom of an underlying disturbance ... . Food, of course, is essential for obesity-but so is it for the maintenance of life in general. The need for overeating and the changes in weight regulation and fat storage are the essential disturbances.”

— Gary Taubes

“[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa.”

— Michael Pollan

“Regulation is necessary to protect our natural environment, keep our food and medicine safe, and ensure fair competition and fair treatment of our workers.”

— Marco Rubio

“The history of government regulation of food safety is one of government watchdogs chasing the horse after it's out of the barn.”

— David Aaron Kessler

“Here is a principle to use in all aspects of economics and policy. When you find a good or service that is in huge demand but the supply is so limited to the point that the price goes up and up, look for the regulation that is causing it. This applies regardless of the sector, whether transportation, gas, education, food, beer, or daycare. There is something in the way that is preventing the market from working as it should. If you look carefully enough, you will find the hand of the state making the mess in question.”

— Jeffrey Tucker

“"The ultimate recession": a recession caused not by failed regulation and bankers' greed, but by very high oil prices, food and water shortages, disappearing forests, accelerating climate change, forced migration and mass civil disruption ... The long and the short of it, unfortunately, is this: more politicians still believe that economic recovery depends on continuing to live beyond our means (financially and ecologically) than on learning to live within our means. And that's why the ultimate "Perfect Storm" recession still looms on the horizon”

— Jonathon Porritt