Poverty Kills

贫困夺命

作者: Aaron Swartz | 来源: aaronsw.com | 时间: 2009-08-12

Poverty Kills

贫困致死

Poverty Kills

贫困致死

Bangladesh, 1974. Food per person was at an all-time high — it was a peak year in rice output and availability. It was also a peak year for starvation. 100,000 people starved to death, their skin cracking and their tissues breaking down. They were unable even to focus their eyes as the world watched on TV. Another million and a half died from starvation’s secondary effects. Another half-a-million died after the famine was over because their bodies had been made so weak. There was plenty of food to feed them. They starved because they were too poor to afford it.

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