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We're often told just how productive a capitalist economy is. We produce far more than we need...so why are there still so many hungry and malnourished people? In this episode we'll investigate the real cause of world hunger, and assess whether capitalism has the tools to solve this massive problem.
Can Capitalism Solve World Hunger? – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:
The Elon Musk world hunger tweet saga
abc10.com/article/news/verify/business-verify/elon-musk-indicated-2021-to-donate-6-billion-to-fighting-solving-world-hunger-if-un-met-conditions/536-cad0e59e-775d-4c3d-a309-b3ef93379a71
fortune.com/2022/02/15/elon-musk-5-7-billion-donation-weeks-after-asking-un-world-hunger
829 million people/~10% of people
actionagainsthunger.org/world-hunger-facts-statistics
25,000 daily deaths theworldcounts.com/challenges/people-and-poverty/hunger-and-obesity/how-many-people-die-from-hunger-each-year
3.1 million children die of malnutrition every year
theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jun/06/malnutrition-3-million-deaths-children
World hunger is on the rise
actionagainsthunger.org/world-hunger-facts-statistics
Famines
wfp.org/stories/hunger-hotspots-4-countries-face-famine-un-report-warns
Food insecurity affects 38 million Americans
ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/#insecure
Food insecurity affects 8% of American children
ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2022/february/food-insecurity-for-households-with-children-rose-in-2020-disrupting-decade-long-decline
We produce enough to feed 10 billion people
doi.org/10.1080/10440046.2012.695331
Our Changing Climate’s food waste video
youtu.be/1MpfEeSem_4?
⅓ of the food produced, 1.3 billion tons, gets wasted each year
wfp.org/stories/5-facts-about-food-waste-and-hunger#:~:text=1.,worth%20 approximately%20 US%241%20 trillion
Food waste along the supply chain
foodengineeringmag.com/articles/97511-food-waste-in-the-supply-chain
34% of the food grown gets wasted at the farm
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344919301296#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20we%20found%2011%2C299,estimating%20on%2Dfarm%20food%20losses
Farmers respond to price fluctuations
jacobin.com/2017/03/food-production-hunger-waste-agriculture-commodity-capitalism
Farm waste during the pandemic
nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html
“Ugly produce” companies aren’t helping
theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/ugly-produce-startups-food-waste/581182
newrepublic.com/article/152596/hungry-harvest-box-ugly-produce-help-planet-or-hurt-it
Best before dates aren’t regulated/standardized
vox.com/22559293/food-waste-expiration-label-best-before
40 million Americans live in food deserts
aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts
Supermarkets stock 10x larger food products and plates have increased 36% in size
http://www.meta-systems.eu/nickbrown/duplication/PortionSizeMe/(Annotated%20vs%202013)%20Wansink,%20van%20Ittersum%20-%202007%20-%20Portion%20Size%20Me%20-%20Downsizing%20Our%20Consumption%20Norms.pdf
Refrigerators have gotten 30% bigger and cost half as much
appliance-standards.org/product/refrigerators-and-freezers
The commodification of food
jacobin.com/2017/03/food-production-hunger-waste-agriculture-commodity-capitalism
Structural adjustment programs
globalissues.org/article/3/structural-adjustment-a-major-cause-of-poverty
Gambian fish story
https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2021/06/URBINA/63205
Food for beginners
archive.org/details/FoodForBeginners-CartoonBook-SusanGeorge/mode/2up
World hunger book (outdated statistics, but the analysis is still relevant)
tni.org/files/download/howtheotherhalfdies.pdf
http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/isj86/obrien.htm
Twelve myths about world hunger
http://cf.linnbenton.edu/artcom/social_science/clarkd/upload/x-Twelve%20Myths%20About%20World%20Hunger.pdf
Food justice is class war
jacobin.com/2016/09/agriculture-ecology-food-justice-farmworkers-local-climate
Unequal exchange
youtu.be/4lDZaKjfs4E
tni.org/es/node/4597
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We're often told just how productive a capitalist economy is. We produce far more than we need...so why are there still so many hungry and malnourished people? In this episode we'll investigate the real cause of world hunger, and assess whether capitalism has the tools to solve this massive problem.
Can Capitalism Solve World Hunger? – Second Thought
SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS
New video every Friday!
Citations and Further Reading:
The Elon Musk world hunger tweet saga
abc10.com/article/news/verify/business-verify/elon-musk-indicated-2021-to-donate-6-billion-to-fighting-solving-world-hunger-if-un-met-conditions/536-cad0e59e-775d-4c3d-a309-b3ef93379a71
fortune.com/2022/02/15/elon-musk-5-7-billion-donation-weeks-after-asking-un-world-hunger
829 million people/~10% of people
actionagainsthunger.org/world-hunger-facts-statistics
25,000 daily deaths theworldcounts.com/challenges/people-and-poverty/hunger-and-obesity/how-many-people-die-from-hunger-each-year
3.1 million children die of malnutrition every year
theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jun/06/malnutrition-3-million-deaths-children
World hunger is on the rise
actionagainsthunger.org/world-hunger-facts-statistics
Famines
wfp.org/stories/hunger-hotspots-4-countries-face-famine-un-report-warns
Food insecurity affects 38 million Americans
ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/#insecure
Food insecurity affects 8% of American children
ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2022/february/food-insecurity-for-households-with-children-rose-in-2020-disrupting-decade-long-decline
We produce enough to feed 10 billion people
doi.org/10.1080/10440046.2012.695331
Our Changing Climate’s food waste video
youtu.be/1MpfEeSem_4?
⅓ of the food produced, 1.3 billion tons, gets wasted each year
wfp.org/stories/5-facts-about-food-waste-and-hunger#:~:text=1.,worth%20 approximately%20 US%241%20 trillion
Food waste along the supply chain
foodengineeringmag.com/articles/97511-food-waste-in-the-supply-chain
34% of the food grown gets wasted at the farm
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344919301296#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20we%20found%2011%2C299,estimating%20on%2Dfarm%20food%20losses
Farmers respond to price fluctuations
jacobin.com/2017/03/food-production-hunger-waste-agriculture-commodity-capitalism
Farm waste during the pandemic
nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html
“Ugly produce” companies aren’t helping
theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/ugly-produce-startups-food-waste/581182
newrepublic.com/article/152596/hungry-harvest-box-ugly-produce-help-planet-or-hurt-it
Best before dates aren’t regulated/standardized
vox.com/22559293/food-waste-expiration-label-best-before
40 million Americans live in food deserts
aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts
Supermarkets stock 10x larger food products and plates have increased 36% in size
http://www.meta-systems.eu/nickbrown/duplication/PortionSizeMe/(Annotated%20vs%202013)%20Wansink,%20van%20Ittersum%20-%202007%20-%20Portion%20Size%20Me%20-%20Downsizing%20Our%20Consumption%20Norms.pdf
Refrigerators have gotten 30% bigger and cost half as much
appliance-standards.org/product/refrigerators-and-freezers
The commodification of food
jacobin.com/2017/03/food-production-hunger-waste-agriculture-commodity-capitalism
Structural adjustment programs
globalissues.org/article/3/structural-adjustment-a-major-cause-of-poverty
Gambian fish story
https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2021/06/URBINA/63205
Food for beginners
archive.org/details/FoodForBeginners-CartoonBook-SusanGeorge/mode/2up
World hunger book (outdated statistics, but the analysis is still relevant)
tni.org/files/download/howtheotherhalfdies.pdf
http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/isj86/obrien.htm
Twelve myths about world hunger
http://cf.linnbenton.edu/artcom/social_science/clarkd/upload/x-Twelve%20Myths%20About%20World%20Hunger.pdf
Food justice is class war
jacobin.com/2016/09/agriculture-ecology-food-justice-farmworkers-local-climate
Unequal exchange
youtu.be/4lDZaKjfs4E
tni.org/es/node/4597
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