Conflict, Inequality, and Hunger




Office Hours show

Summary: This week's guest is Stephen Scanlan [1], author of the Winter 2010 Contexts feature, The Scarcity Fallacy [2]. We discuss the problems with existing food aid practices, the root causes of world hunger and what can be done to eliminate it. Also, Jon shares a discovery on the downsides of flexible work [3], at least in some occupations. Download episode #30 now! [4] [1] http://www.cas.ohiou.edu/socanth/faculty/scanlan.html [2] http://contexts.org/articles/winter-2010/the-scarcity-fallacy/ [3] http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0730888409343912 [4] http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/download.php.mp3?orig=45833.mp3