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Author Rieff, David.

Title The reproach of hunger : food, justice, and money in the 21st century / David Rieff.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.6 RIEFF    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.8 RIEFF    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.8 RIE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.8 RIEFF    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  363.8 RIE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  363.8 RIEFF    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xxviii, 402 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-384) and index.
Contents Introduction -- A better world finally within reach? -- The wages of optimism -- Malthus only needs to be wrong once -- The food crisis of 2007-2008 : a turning point? -- The global food system and its critics -- Promises to the poor -- Cassandra and doctor pangloss -- Is reforming the system enough? -- The case for optimism -- Science to the rescue? -- Falling in love with the private sector -- Philanthrocapitalism: a [self] love story -- The end of hunger? -- "fertilizing the land with money" -- Optimism as moral victory, pessimism as moral affront -- Doing everything to end hunger except think politically -- Conclusion.
Subject Food supply.
Hunger.
Social justice.
Money.
Food supply. (OCoLC)fst00931196
Hunger. (OCoLC)fst00964089
Money. (OCoLC)fst01025265
Social justice. (OCoLC)fst01122603
ISBN 9781439123881 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
1439123888 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
9781439123874 (hardcover : alk. paper)
143912387X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781784783389 Verso
9781439148594 (ebook)
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