HES: Re: DISC--the econophysics movement

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Thu Sep 27 12:51:37 EDT 2007


Mason Gaffney wrote:
> Worse yet, some (friends I
> will not name) then note that the "largest" farms have lower values per
> acre, and conclude that the Gini Ratio for the value of farms must be lower
> than that for the area of farms. Ugh.
>
> Mason Gaffney
>

Mason is correct, but he might also note that the large farms have far, far less 
labor per acre, so they can still be more profitable.


Michael Perelman


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