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There won't be any incentive to produce even basic grain stocks if the large majority of the population can't afford to eat. See the Great Depression.

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Life expectancy rose to a multi decade (all time at that time?) record peak during the great depression in US and starvation was exceedingly rare. Even at one of its worst the outcome was remarkably robust against starvation.

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