Multiplicando la pobreza agrícola: cómo la política agraria común de la Unión Europea está estrangulando la recuperación
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52195/pm.v9i2.226Abstract
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been the pride of European integrationism since its inception. It has been the crowning glory of technocracy and the ultimate statement of unity in post-war Europe. For decades however, the CAP has also come under a significant amount of cri-ticism from economists for consuming a disproportionate share of the EU budget, introducing market distortions, wasting government funds and con-tributing to rural inequities. In this article I shall briefly bring the reader up to speed with how the CAP got to where it is today, how it has exacerbated the tumbling edifice of European dynamism in a sick continent, and why an educated electorate is essential if we wish to bring the CAP‘s wealth destroying capabilities to an end.
Key words: Common Agricultural Policy, Economic Crisis, Reform, Agricultural Subsidies, Intervention.
JEL Classification: Q, Q01, Q18, Q28, Q57, Q58.
Resumen: La Política Agraria Común (PAC) ha sido el orgullo del integracio-nismo europeo desde su concepción. Ha sido la máxima distinción de la tecnocracia y la última proclama de unidad de la posguerra europea. Durante décadas, sin embargo, la PAC también ha sido blanco de un núme-ro significativo de críticas por parte de muchos economistas debido a que consume una parte desproporcionada del presupuesto europeo, genera dis-torsiones en el mercado, dilapida fondos públicos y contribuye a generar desigualdades rurales. En este artículo intentaré transmitirle al lector cómo es que la PAC llegó a estar donde está hoy, cómo ha exacerbado el edificio tambaleante del dinamismo europeo en un continente enfermo y por qué un electorado educado es esencial si deseamos terminar con la habilidad para destruir riqueza que la PAC posee.
Palabras clave: Política Agraria Común, Crisis Económica, Reforma, Sub-sidios Agrícolas, Intervención.
Clasificación JEL: Q, Q01, Q18, Q28, Q57, Q58.
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