What happened to small-town America? Earl Butz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Butz#Secretary_of_Agricul...
If you want family farms and small towns, it's possible; I'm living in it. But it takes regulation and programs.
If you want laissez-faire, Big Ag takes over the countryside. (modern latifundia?)
(see "Small business employment and payroll by industry" on the last page of https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Small-Bu... ; the flip side is firms like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Daniels_Midland )
What happened to small-town America? Earl Butz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Butz#Secretary_of_Agricul...
If you want family farms and small towns, it's possible; I'm living in it. But it takes regulation and programs.
If you want laissez-faire, Big Ag takes over the countryside. (modern latifundia?)
(see "Small business employment and payroll by industry" on the last page of https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Small-Bu... ; the flip side is firms like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Daniels_Midland )