Let Them Eat Junk: How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity - Couverture souple

Albritton, Robert

 
9780745328065: Let Them Eat Junk: How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity

Synopsis

This is the first book to analyse the food industry from a Marxist perspective. 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada. He has published seven books on Marxist theory, including Let Them Eat Junk (Pluto, 2009) and Economics Transformed (Pluto, 2009).

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9780745328072: Let Them Eat Junk: How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0745328075 ISBN 13 :  9780745328072
Editeur : Pluto Press, 2009
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