Let Them Eat Junk by Robert Albritton
How the capitalist system creates simultaneous hunger and obesity
'Albritton speaks a language that has gone unheard for too longKarl Marx felt that capitalism's focus on short-term profit was a recipe for disaster when it came to agriculture. Now Albritton shows that, in many ways, the old man was right' -- Debora MacKenzie, New Scientist
'Pulls no punches in its analysis of the contradictions of 21st Century food systems' -- Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, author of Food Politics (2003)
'Marx understood the dynamics of the current food crisis over a century ago. Robert Albritton has written a fine primer, bridging the best thinking of the nineteenth century to the urgent needs of the twenty-first' -- Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved
'Pulls no punches in its analysis of the contradictions of 21st Century food systems' -- Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, author of Food Politics (2003)
'Marx understood the dynamics of the current food crisis over a century ago. Robert Albritton has written a fine primer, bridging the best thinking of the nineteenth century to the urgent needs of the twenty-first' -- Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved
Robert Albritton was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada. He has published seven books on Marxist theory, including Let Them Eat Junk and Economics Transformed.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745328065 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745328067 |
| Title | Let Them Eat Junk |
| Author | Robert Albritton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year published | 2009-03-20 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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