The ugly Americans

If you, like everyone else this election season, say that what you really want is to make foreigners like America again, then I have news for you. The new farm bill is the worst, the very worst thing that Americans can do to hurt poor people around the world. It's a disgrace; our subsidies, like the European ones, distort world markets and create disincentives to farmers in developing countries, doing untold harm. Particularly when food prices are so high that they are causing riots, our increased subsidies are truly despicable.