Right now, I live in California, which has a history with oranges and other citrus fruits nearly as storied as Florida's. It's still the #2 producer, and local fruit is pretty easy to find. But they're often mixed in with cheaper fruit from other states, produced to less stringent standards...
I must ask the author - to what degree does this argument apply within the US, and between the states themselves? (This whole essay outlines an entirely reasonable principle when considering two nations, but the unique federal structure of the US provides some challenges.) There are plenty of cases where one state can undercut another, to the harm of both consumers and the victim state's economy. It's reasonable for each state to look after itself and its own residents first. But do 50 competing regulatory regimes a strong nation make? Should the federal government be fixing this mess? Etc. etc.
Ideally you’d work it out at the federal level but easier said then done. Realistically there’s probably going to be some competition and it’s not unreasonable for a state to take measures to prevent another state from shafting them
The Floridan fake meat ban is a failure to win culturally. They should have framed an even worse connotation, instead of granting legitimacy through the use of the word "meat." Instead ban "GLOP" Genetics Laboratory-Originating Proteins. "Soy GLOP" is banned, "Bug GLOP" is banned, etc.
Long live the Florida orange!
Long live South African oranges!
Right now, I live in California, which has a history with oranges and other citrus fruits nearly as storied as Florida's. It's still the #2 producer, and local fruit is pretty easy to find. But they're often mixed in with cheaper fruit from other states, produced to less stringent standards...
I must ask the author - to what degree does this argument apply within the US, and between the states themselves? (This whole essay outlines an entirely reasonable principle when considering two nations, but the unique federal structure of the US provides some challenges.) There are plenty of cases where one state can undercut another, to the harm of both consumers and the victim state's economy. It's reasonable for each state to look after itself and its own residents first. But do 50 competing regulatory regimes a strong nation make? Should the federal government be fixing this mess? Etc. etc.
Ideally you’d work it out at the federal level but easier said then done. Realistically there’s probably going to be some competition and it’s not unreasonable for a state to take measures to prevent another state from shafting them
The Floridan fake meat ban is a failure to win culturally. They should have framed an even worse connotation, instead of granting legitimacy through the use of the word "meat." Instead ban "GLOP" Genetics Laboratory-Originating Proteins. "Soy GLOP" is banned, "Bug GLOP" is banned, etc.