Let Them Eat Junk: How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity
Respected economist Robert Albritton argues that the capitalist system, far from delivering on the promise of cheap, nutritious food for all, has created a world where 25% of the world population are over-fed and 25% are hungry. This malnourishment of 50% of the world's population is explained systematically, a refreshing change from accounts that focus on cultural factors and individual greed. Albritton details the economic relations and connections that have put us in a situation of simultaneous oversupply and undersupply of food.
This explosive book provides yet more evidence that the human cost of capitalism is much bigger than those in power will admit.
- Author
- Robert Albritton
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780745328065
- Genres
- sociology, food, economics
- Release date
- 2009
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