The dollarization of food systems’ externalities carries economic and political risks. Local democratic experiments navigate these risks by embracing both the complexity of valuation and the processes necessary for systemic political change.
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Patel, R. A democratic alternative to true cost pricing. Nat Food 2, 632–634 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00347-0
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