[news] Why not eat children?: Comparing the socio-economic choices of Germany to Venezuela

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The Guardian | October 12, 2004 | By Alan Freeman Why not eat children? The article compares the choices two governments have made given their available resources: Germany with the neocon model of imposing economic hardship for their poor even in times of prosperity (for some) and the Venezuelan model of using economic surplus to actualize social goals. The author claims, "Reforms that are presented as economic necessities are in fact usually political choices".

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/10/21/55832/744