[Jim] Rogers is factoring the expected rise of the agriculture industry into his investing thesis. “Recently, I’ve been looking at agriculture stocks," Rogers said. “I’ve been excited about looking for things to buy in agriculture."
Jim Rogers是誰?他是「量子基金」的創辦人之一,Rogers International Commodity Index的設計者,換言之,他是一位財力雄厚的資本家、金融投機者。他在訪問中并沒有像鄒崇銘一樣說要維持「小農耕作模式」,他所要做的是正正是將資本和農業結合,否則他不能“looking at agriculture stocks…looking for things to buy in agriculture ”「留意和尋找有回報的農業股票去購買」,他說“looking for things to buy in agriculture”可不是指去菜市場買根蔥!一個農業生產者可以上市、發售股票、吸引投資者入股,這就代表這個生產者必然是一家上市公司、有足夠龐大的資本、規模經濟、利潤空間去爲股東分紅。這正正就是鄒一文所批評的「資本密集的農業模式(agrobusiness)」!
The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield … To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.