Let Them Eat Junk
How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity| By: | Robert Albritton |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780745328065 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781783713844 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2009 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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This book to analyses the food industry from a Marxist perspective.
Let The Eat Junk 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. Robert 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.