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by gumby 848 days ago
Well it's a perpetual dilemma as they have to keep changing: food is now less than 10% of a family's budget while it used to be over 30% as it is in poor countries like Russia (just happened to see that figure last week). People spend money on computers which they didnt' in the 1980s, etc.

> The interesting thing is this is far from over.

What do you think is the cause and why it is far from over? I'm curious, not trying to start an argument