Why Do Most Industrialized Countries Subsidize and Protect Their Farmers

question 49

Multiple Choice

Why do most industrialized countries subsidize and protect their farmers?

• A)Farmers are a politically important domestic interest group.
• B)More developed countries want to hurt the economies of less developed countries.
• C)Economic theory supports the idea that food should be protected.
• D)The countries need lower-priced food to sustain industrialization.

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