For historical reasons, delineating federalism - the role and powers of states versus the national government in the U.S. - can be confusing, and there are several current examples. Policy versus Mother Nature The Financial Times reports that North Korea has halved the amount of rations available to citizens to less than 1,000 calories per day. Following years of starvation-level agricultural production, Pyongyang initiated market reforms that were substantive and credible. This included allowing: small groups of families to produce crops for their own use expansion of so-called kitchen gardens from 100 to 3,300 square meters use of the same land for years retention of up to 70 percent of what they produce with just 30 percent given...

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