The Politics of Middlemen in Agri-Input Retail

Are the middle men really evil as common narrative would like us to believe?

There is an old urban legend from the suburbs of America that I often love to narrate. Please bear with me if you've heard me narrate this before.

Many years ago, there used to be a notorious gang of clothing store thieves in the United States. Their modus operandi was simple but elegant. They used a long stick to remove large numbers of clothes from rac…