The Government's Response in a Crisis Is to Increase Welfare

In a crisis, the government has two options. One is to increase food production using fossil fuels at an increasing cost. The other is to come up with a new way to grow food that doesn't require so much fossil fuel usage. Both those options would require a huge financial investment. Money for the food stamp pro m would have to come from somewhere. And we'll talk next episode about why that money can't just be printed.