The Prospect of Food Shortage*

Apr 9th 2018, Prabhat Patnaik

Contrary to the fears of orthodox economics, persistent and even growing hunger in the world today arises not due to "excessive population" but due to the social arrangement; not because there is too little output relative to population but because there is too little demand relative to output.
    
* This article was originally published in The People's Democracy on April 8, 2018.


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