After the Keynesian social policies achieved an unprecedented increase in the material standard of living under state-managed welfare capitalism, the neo-liberal counter-revolution appeared following economic and political turmoil in the 1970s. As it was in the 19th century, today liberal...

World agricultural and food markets have become rather complicated during recent years as a result of increasing importance of food safety standards, information flow and coordination between firms and widespread use of improved information technology, transition from product controls to process...