Eating People Is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, Its Past, and Its Future
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ISBN: 9780691210315
Author | O Grada, Cormac |
Pub Date | 08/09/2020 |
Binding | Paperback |
Pages | 248 |
Country | USA |
Dewey | 363.8 |
Quick overview This book addresses the role played by traders and speculators during famines more generally, invoking evidence from famines in France, Ireland, Finland, Malawi, Niger, and Somalia since the 1600s, and overturning Adam Smith's claim that government attempts to solve food shortages always cause famines. Thought-provoking and important, this is essential reading for historians, economists, demographers, and anyone else who is interested in the history and possible future of famine.