{"product_id":"betting-on-famine-9781595588494","title":"Betting on Famine","description":"\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe seminal book on global poverty and hunger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow rapacious speculators and complicit bureaucrats are starving a billion people” (Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food \u0026amp; Water Watch and author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoodopoly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Few people know that world hunger was very nearly eradicated in our lifetimes. In the past five years, however, widespread starvation has suddenly reappeared, and chronic hunger is a major issue on every continent.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In an extensive investigation of this disturbing shift, Jean Ziegler—one of the world’s leading food experts—lays out in clear and accessible terms the complex global causes of the new hunger crisis. Ziegler’s wide-ranging and fascinating examination focuses on how the new sustainable revolution in energy production has diverted millions of acres of corn, soy, wheat, and other grain crops from food to fuel. The results, he shows, have been sudden and startling, with declining food reserves sending prices to record highs and a new global commodities market in ethanol and other biofuels gobbling up arable lands in nearly every continent on earth.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Like Raj Patel’s pioneering \u003ci\u003eStuffed and Starved\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBetting on Famine\u003c\/i\u003e will enlighten the millions of Americans concerned about the politics of food at home—and about the forces that prevent us from feeding the world’s children.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In this devastating book, [Ziegler] describes the horrors of food insecurity, the callousness of ‘crusaders of neoliberalism’ who control food and land access, and the individuals and grassroots organizations fighting for subsistence farmers and the right to food.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Passionate, well-researched, objective, and illuminating . . . When we close this book, indignant, we know that those who die of hunger are victims of money and power.” —\u003ci\u003eL’Express\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Jean Ziegler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42956020056182,"sku":"9781595588494","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c8d4e1d4-6baa-491e-98ce-f0430edb69f4.jpg?v=1767722067","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/betting-on-famine-9781595588494","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}