"In an age of abundance, how does the way we think about food differ from the past? This week, EconTalk host Russ Roberts welcomed historian Rachel Laudanfor a fascinating conversation about the history, culture, and economics of food."
This was an amazing interview; just every 3 minutes there was a new and fascinating anecdote - like, she re-framed the popularity of the hamburger as the outcome of hundreds of years of food politics, and explained how the Thanksgiving tradition was a lot about a reaction to elitism and French high cuisine.
And she had really important things to say about how the Food Movement has positive impacts, but is also part of a tradition of Western class structures and colonialism.
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