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Covered article removed by UN from site on July 6, 2022. Original UN Chronicle's article on site[0] and scan from printed magazine[1,pdf] archived. [0] http:/
by app4soft 4y ago
Covered article removed by UN from site on July 6, 2022.
Original UN Chronicle's article on site[0] and scan from printed magazine[1,pdf] archived.
[0] http://web.archive.org/web/20220330070452/https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/benefits-world-hunger http://web.archive.org/web/20220330070452/https://www.un.org...
[1] https://shop.un.org/books/un-chronicle-v45-23-2008-40202 https://shop.un.org/books/un-chronicle-v45-23-2008-40202
[pdf] http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/BenefitsofWorldHunger.pdf http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/BenefitsofWorldHunger.pdf
- andsoitis 4y agoThanks. The opening paragraph: "We sometimes talk about hunger in the world as if it were a scourge that all of us want to see abolished, view- ing it as comparable with the plague or AIDS. But that naive view prevents us trom coming to grips with what causes and sustains hunger. Hunger has great positive value to many people. Indeed, it is fundamental to the working of the world's economy. Hungry people are the most productive people, especially where there is a need for manual labour." I consider myself open-minded, but this introductory paragraph is outrageous if you consider what policies this would incentivize.
- jjk166 4y agoThat's the point, we should be outraged at the perverse incentives which propogate world hunger.
- elliekelly 4y agoI don't think "would" is the correct word because it's not really hypothetical. The current system does incentivize such policies.
- franga2000 4y agoThis is an accurate description of what IS happening in the world though. This opening is great. We DO need to come to grips with the fact some people benefit from it, or we will never be able to end it.