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The reproach of hunger : food, justice, and money in the twenty-first century, David Rieff
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- Summary
- In a groundbreaking book based on six years of reporting, leading expert on humanitarian aid and development David Rieff offers a review of whether the end of extreme poverty and widespread hunger are within our reach. Some of the most brilliant scientists, world politicians, and development experts agree that the eradication of hunger is an essential task for the new millennium. Yet in the last decade, the prices of wheat, soy and rice have soared. This has condemned the hundreds of millions of the world's population who live on less than one dollar per day to a state of hunger and insecurity. Rieff searches for the causes of this food security crisis, as well as what lies behind the failures to respond to disaster: failures to address climate change, poor governance, and misguided optimism. Rieff cautions against the increased privatization of aid, as well as the interventions of celebrity campaigners, whose business-led solutions rob development of political urgency. He dismisses the idle hope of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett that food scarcity can be solved by technological innovation alone. The path ahead, Rieff reminds us, demands we rethink the fundamental causes of the world's grotesque inequalities and understand that what is at stake is a political challenge we are failing to confront.--Adapted from book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxviii, 402 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- A better world finally within reach?
- The wages of optimism
- Malthus only needs to be wrong once
- The food crisis of 2007-2008 : a turning point?
- The global food system and its critics
- Promises to the poor
- Cassandra and Doctor Pangloss
- Is reforming the system enough?
- The case for optimism
- Science to the rescue?
- Falling in love with the private sector
- Philanthrocapitalism: a [self] love story
- The end of hunger?
- "fertilizing the land with money"
- Optimism as moral victory, pessimism as moral affront
- Doing everything to end hunger except think politically
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781439123874
- Label
- The reproach of hunger : food, justice, and money in the twenty-first century
- Title
- The reproach of hunger
- Title remainder
- food, justice, and money in the twenty-first century
- Statement of responsibility
- David Rieff
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a groundbreaking book based on six years of reporting, leading expert on humanitarian aid and development David Rieff offers a review of whether the end of extreme poverty and widespread hunger are within our reach. Some of the most brilliant scientists, world politicians, and development experts agree that the eradication of hunger is an essential task for the new millennium. Yet in the last decade, the prices of wheat, soy and rice have soared. This has condemned the hundreds of millions of the world's population who live on less than one dollar per day to a state of hunger and insecurity. Rieff searches for the causes of this food security crisis, as well as what lies behind the failures to respond to disaster: failures to address climate change, poor governance, and misguided optimism. Rieff cautions against the increased privatization of aid, as well as the interventions of celebrity campaigners, whose business-led solutions rob development of political urgency. He dismisses the idle hope of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett that food scarcity can be solved by technological innovation alone. The path ahead, Rieff reminds us, demands we rethink the fundamental causes of the world's grotesque inequalities and understand that what is at stake is a political challenge we are failing to confront.--Adapted from book jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rieff, David
- Dewey number
- 363.8
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD9000.5
- LC item number
- .R53 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Food supply
- Hunger
- Social justice
- Money
- Food supply
- Hunger
- Money
- Social justice
- Hunger
- Soziale Gerechtigkeit
- Lebensmittelversorgung
- Geld
- Livsmedelsförsörjning
- Hunger
- Social rättvisa
- Pengar
- Label
- The reproach of hunger : food, justice, and money in the twenty-first century, David Rieff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-384) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- A better world finally within reach? -- The wages of optimism -- Malthus only needs to be wrong once -- The food crisis of 2007-2008 : a turning point? -- The global food system and its critics -- Promises to the poor -- Cassandra and Doctor Pangloss -- Is reforming the system enough? -- The case for optimism -- Science to the rescue? -- Falling in love with the private sector -- Philanthrocapitalism: a [self] love story -- The end of hunger? -- "fertilizing the land with money" -- Optimism as moral victory, pessimism as moral affront -- Doing everything to end hunger except think politically -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ocn905521034
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxviii, 402 pages
- Isbn
- 9781439123874
- Lccn
- 2015007343
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40025326861
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781439123874
- (OCoLC)905521034
- Label
- The reproach of hunger : food, justice, and money in the twenty-first century, David Rieff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-384) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- A better world finally within reach? -- The wages of optimism -- Malthus only needs to be wrong once -- The food crisis of 2007-2008 : a turning point? -- The global food system and its critics -- Promises to the poor -- Cassandra and Doctor Pangloss -- Is reforming the system enough? -- The case for optimism -- Science to the rescue? -- Falling in love with the private sector -- Philanthrocapitalism: a [self] love story -- The end of hunger? -- "fertilizing the land with money" -- Optimism as moral victory, pessimism as moral affront -- Doing everything to end hunger except think politically -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ocn905521034
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxviii, 402 pages
- Isbn
- 9781439123874
- Lccn
- 2015007343
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025326861
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781439123874
- (OCoLC)905521034
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