Comment Re:More productivity isn't necessarily a good thin (Score 1) 122
It didn't. It should, but it didn't.
In what we call "developed" countries, famines were a past already half a century ago. Yes, until then, that equation held true: More productivity meant more food, more food means more people don't starve. That was for a very long time a critical factor in our economy. It hasn't been for more than half a century now.
What can be said, though, is that certain foods kept their price despite inflation. The price of sugar for example barely moved since the 1970s, at the very least not even remotely at the same pace as inflation. Beef on the other hand got five times as expensive since the 1990s alone.
We don't have a problem keeping our stomachs filled. Yes. With what... well, that's an entirely different matter.
And by the way, food isn't even remotely a relevant factor in today's everyman's budget anymore. Yes, we used to spend more of our money on food than we do today. But we also spent way, way less on shelter.