• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    you talk about it as though there are only two people, and each only needs to make one decision: the farmer whether to produce, and a milk drinker whether to buy it. there are dozens of actors and factors.

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      7 days ago

      If people stopped buying milk at current levels, then it would not be produced at current levels. The dozens of actors and factors would all be a part of that decrease. The market would shrink, not dissappear necessarily.

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        7 days ago

        If people stopped buying milk at current levels, then it would not be produced at current levels.

        how can we test this?

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            7 days ago

            all the people involved in those markets were making decisions distinct from the people making decisions in the milk market. I dont think we can find anything so conclusive.

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            7 days ago

            what caused any of those declines? could those events happen in the milk market? were any of those markets as ancient as milk? how else might they differ?

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              The events were that demand decreased. Yes, demand could decrease in the milk market. Whether or not it will is a separate question. They are different in that the market decreased in the former and not the latter.

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                7 days ago

                demand decreased

                how do you suppose we could decrease demand? do you have some method to accomplish this?

                edit:what is the metric by which you gauge demand? price? volume sold? volume produced? futures markets? I just don’t think this is a well formulated test. but if you come up with one, please let me know.

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                    7 days ago

                    to be clear, you have made an assertion without evidence. a claim made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. I don’t believe you, and no one should.

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            7 days ago

            that’s not a test. it’s a survey. I’m looking for a test for your theory. I think it is undisprovable.