AN101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Artificial Scarcity, Cash Crop, Structural Violence
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Caused by: lack of work, discrimination, climate change, wage gaps. Affects access to healthcare, education and natural resources. Many countries are failing to provide food for all their people. Food availability not the issue, but distribution is. Cash crop, wastage, artificial scarcity to keep prices high. 1% earn 10 times amount of wages earned by average canadian. Median for ceos at largest 100 companies is 4. 1 million. Richest 85 people own as much wealth as poorest 3. 5 billion people (110 trillion) 1% of world"s population owns of wealth. 7/10 people live in countries where economic inequality has increased over. Based on demand, supply, and reflected in price. Market for drugs based on ability to pay not demand . Goes from 13. 50 to 750 overnight per tablet. Same with food wastage to keep price high. A ranked group within a hierarchy whose membership is defined in terms of wealth, income, occupation, and/or access to power or means of production.
