In a world of plenty, huge numbers of people go hungry. Hunger is more than just the result of food production and meeting demands. The causes of hunger are related to the causes of poverty. One of the major causes of hunger is poverty itself. There are other related causes (also often related to the […]
Monthly Archives: August 2006
A Monopoly on Philanthropy
by Scott Hughes I had a friend recently ask me why I called myself an atheist. She said, “you seem to have such a big heart.” Apparently, she thought that there was something oxymoronic about a benevolent atheist. (In her defense, it turned out she thought I was a Satan worshiper, not an atheist. 🙂 […]
Hunger Reading List
For those with an interest in hunger, poverty, and the social science thereof, I’ve compiled a list of books and reading materials. You can easily buy any of these books from Amazon instantly, so I recommend you get one, two, or a few. Here’s the list: The World’s Banker by Sebastian Mallaby World Hunger: 12 […]
Hunger No More: Faces Behind the Facts
Although I am not personally a religious man and prefer to look at hunger as a practical secular problem, religious people and institutions have worked diligently in the cause to end hunger. A powerful TV documentary presented by the National Council of Churches USA (NCC), “Hunger No More: Faces Behind the Facts,” takes an unflinching […]
Jeffery Sachs on The Colbert Report
In a recent video added to YouTube, Stephen Colbert talks to professor Jeffrey Sachs about his book “The End of Poverty“, or why eradicating poverty might be more effective in fighting terrorism than the military. (The Colbert Report, March 2, 2006) See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUdc7atFiHg With a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Jeffery Sachs is […]
The Inherent Link Between War and Hunger
by Scott Hughes Sure, those who want to end world hunger also happen to often want to end war. Sure, sympathetic activists sympathize with both causes – the fight against hunger and the fight for peace. However, the reason war and hunger are linked is not just that these two movements happen to be motivated […]