Let Them Eat Junk

How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity

by: Robert Albritton

Let Them Eat Junk
Author: Robert Albritton

Publisher: Pluto Press

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Format: Hardback

Publication date: 20 December 2008

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ISBN: 0745328075 ISBN 13: 9780745328072

Let Them Eat Junk by Robert Albritton

Analyses the food industry from a Marxist perspective. This work argues that the capitalist system, has created a world where 25 percent of the world population are over-fed and 25 percent are hungry. It details the economic relations and connections that have put us in a situation of simultaneous oversupply and undersupply of food. Top page

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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 percent of the world population are over-fed and 25 percent are hungry. This malnourishment of 50 percent 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. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Pluto Press

City: London

Pages: 288

More info: height 216 mm width 137 mm weight 417 gr thickness 20 mm

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey: 306.3 Library of Congress Subject: Capitalism

Summary Let Them Eat Junk Preface 1 Introduction 2 Capital's Deep Structures, Agriculture, and Food 3 The Phase of Consumerism and the Roots of the Current Agriculture and Food Regimes 4 The Food System and Consumer's Health 5 The Health of Agriculture and Food Workers 6 Agriculture, Food, and the Environment 7 Food, Marketing and Choice 8 Food, Power, and Liberal Democracy 9 Possible Changes That May Become Feasible Changes Notes Index Top page

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