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August 13, 2006
Inexpensive food - "a considerable historical achievement"
But critics of cheap food forget that its attainment is a considerable historical achievement. Most of human history involved a constant struggle to find enough food. The battle against hunger was the norm. This is still true in much of the developing world, where the World Bank estimates that 815million people ate too little to meet their daily energy needs in 2002 (13). So to have achieved a situation where, at least in the developed world, food scarcity is virtually eliminated is a tremendous achievement. As well as being good in itself, it also allows people to spend more time on other things rather than struggling to meet their most basic needs.
"Why people hate fat Americans: Today's attacks on obese Yanks are motivated by a broader unease with affluence," by Daniel Ben-Ami, Spiked, September 9, 2005
Posted at August 13, 2006 01:17 PM | Categories: Economics
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