He also wants to restructure Japanese agriculture, which is dominated by aging family farmers working tiny plots of land, a system that results in high food costs. If big companies move into farming, Mr. Abe reckons, prices will fall.
What is the plan to deal with the obvious consequence of removing this built-in subsidy on a huge number of people who have no other skill than farming? It would need to be replaced with something explicit.
I don't argue against technological progress simply because it would make old jobs obsolete. But in this situation the consequences are fairly predictable, so why not make a plan for it instead of throwing the elderly family farmers of Japan to the wolves of the free market?
What is the plan to deal with the obvious consequence of removing this built-in subsidy on a huge number of people who have no other skill than farming? It would need to be replaced with something explicit.
I don't argue against technological progress simply because it would make old jobs obsolete. But in this situation the consequences are fairly predictable, so why not make a plan for it instead of throwing the elderly family farmers of Japan to the wolves of the free market?