New York Times reporters investigated the operation of the Common Agricultural Policy and reported today that it is used for “corruption and self-dealing in Central and Eastern Europe. Basically, land sales and consequently the payments that go with them are manipulated by political leaders in former Soviet Bloc countries. This may explain part of the push in Brussels to shift payments away from large farms and toward societal outputs such as environmental benefits and employment. However, it would also argue against the push in CAP reform effort to allocate more decision-making to capitals.  In a correction to our conclusion (see Ending EU’s Big Ag) that shifting support away from scale would “end the EU’s day...