HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Rationality, International Monetary Fund, The Middleman
21 Mar 2018
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Hallmark of dysfunction = same capitalist food system that produces obesity also produces hunger. The number of hungry people has grown to over a billion. Subsidies put third world farmers at risk as corn in the u. s. for example is sold for . 74 when it costs . 66 a bushel to produce. 1. 2 billion people live on less that . 00 a day and 2. 8 billion or 40% of the world population live on less than . 00 a day. As food prices spike 2. 8 billion people are at greater risk = food has gone up 38% in price since 2008 despite the recession and likely to go up again. Corporations and markets in charge and for profit based. Hunger, obesity and the earth"s capacity to support us are reasons to look at these issues very critically, we need to feed all nutritious foods while maintaining the environment. The 1945 health insurance proposals for post war canada.
