Ernest Feder

Ernest Feder (1913-1993) was a German-American agricultural economist and sociologist, known for his critique of the global agricultural system and development policies. He studied at the universities of Marburg and Frankfurt before emigrating to the United States in 1937. He worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and then for the United Nations in Latin America, where he observed and documented structural injustices and the exploitation of peasants. He authored several influential books, such as "The Rape of the Peasantry" (1971), which denounces agrarian practices that impoverish small farmers and benefit large corporations and landowners. His work focused on dependency, underdevelopment, and class struggle in the agricultural sector, being a fierce critic of neoliberal policies and the "Green Revolution". He spent a large part of his career as a researcher and professor in Mexico.

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