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Exploring the causes, impacts, and lasting effects of one of the most infamous events in American agriculture history, the 1980s farm crisis.In the wider economy, two oil shocks hit the U.S. in the 1970s. The economic and political disruption that resulted was global, national, regional, and local, and led not only to gas rationing and unprecedented lines at the pump, but also to deep financial and psychological impacts that would nudge the farm economy over the edge. Wade into the murky waters of the broader U.S. and global economy to understand how causes well outside the agriculture sector started to push an industry at its peak toward a long slide into crisis.  Escaping 1980 is sponsored by AEI Premium. Join the community for decision makers in agriculture. Free 14-day trial: https://aei.ag/premium/.  Be your own guru.