The article written by Professor George Kent for the United Nations (UN) touts the benefits of hunger: “…how many of us would sell our services so cheaply if it were not for the threat of hunger? When we sell our services cheaply, we enrich others, those who own the factories, the machines and the lands, and ultimately own the people who work for them. For those who depend on the availability of cheap labour, hunger is the foundation of their wealth.”
The UN scrubbed the article from its website, but you can find it on web archive. Troubling stuff coming from the UN…
https://web.archive.org/web/20220705153241/https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/benefits-world-hunger
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Mark Skidmore is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University where he holds the Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy. His research focuses on topics in public finance, regional economics, and the economics of natural disasters. Mark created the Lighthouse Economics website and blog to share economic research and information relevant for navigating tumultuous times.
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