Tim Worstall

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• 1 G Orwell // Mar 29, 2011 at 10:14 am

  In a few years his economic policies will make it a lot easier than it is now.
  The only advantage of communism is that obesity is easier to avoid – because there is not enough food.

• 2 Remittance Man // Mar 29, 2011 at 11:15 am

  Mr Blair makes the same point I wanted to make – dictators banging on about cutting calories “for your health” are usually laying the groundwork before announcing a batch of “disappointing” grain harvest figures.

• 3 David Gillies // Mar 29, 2011 at 5:48 pm

  They’re substantially there already. Provision of staple foodstuffs is in perilously unreliable condition. No-one’s actually starving yet, but a significant disruption is far from impossible.

  I don’t think I’ve ever met a fat Venezuelan. All the ones I know (all the female ones anyway) are slim and gorgeous.

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