The Common Agricultural Policy is a source of much contention in Europe and in the world because of its size, budgetary implications, and redistributive effects. It was a key feature of the recent Doha Development Round of trade talks. Read more about the CAP by downloading this .pdf from the EU. Here is an excellent Q & A session by the BBC about the CAP. 

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In this lecture, we talked about the history of the CAP, its current status, and looked at a measure of just how much individuals are getting from the CAP in places like Limerick and Dublin using farmsubsidy.org. Most of you felt that individual farmers shouldn't have their names made public. I disagreed, but 5 of you changed your minds on the issue, so that's something 🙂 

Right click this link to download the handout.