Opinions
A Global Context for Hospitality
September 11, 2001 will be remembered in history as a day that changed the world. We are now living in a time of great danger, and equally great opportunity. The ways in which our world will be changed for better or for worse will be shaped by our actions. Above all, September 11 has underscored the...
A Crisis of Legitimacy and Effectiveness Requires Making International Institutions More Democratic
Although globalization has vastly expanded the demands on global institutions, it has also heightened a crisis of legitimacy and effectiveness. Large parts of the public no longer believe that their interests are represented in institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, UN Sec...
Treasury Secretary O’Neill is Half Right: Make Grants Not Loans to the Poorest Countries (But First Increase Development Assistance)
Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill has suggested that the World Bank should begin making grants instead of loans to the poorest developing countries. He is upset that the Bank, as well other developed countries, who have seats on the Bank governing board, don’t want to go along with this proposal....
If we want food to remain cheap we need to stop putting it in our cars
Coverage of the US drought and the run-up in corn, soybean, and wheat prices has been extensive and welcome. It has also been prone to the repetition of falsehoods and the perpetuation of myths about the causes of the food crisis – and the solutions....
Five stars for the hunger summit
The Hunger Summit held in London on 12 August has had mixed reviews. Not from me. I would have given it six stars if I had been invited - but as I wasn't, have slashed the score to five stars....
Fix the minimum wage—income for a minimum-wage breadwinner for a family of four is $7,000 below the federal poverty line
In most states, working full-time in a minimum-wage job pays $7.25 per hour. That’s just $15,000 a year for full-time work. It’s not enough to live on. In fact, a breadwinner for a family of four earning the minimum wage would be a full $7,000 below the federal poverty line....
The hunger wars in our future: heat, drought, rising food costs and global unrest
The Great Drought of 2012 has yet to come to an end, but we already know that its consequences will be severe. With more than one-half of America's counties designated as drought disaster areas, the 2012 harvest of corn, soybeans, and other food staples is guaranteed to fall far short of predictions...
How to feed 9 billion people
In America’s heartland, farmers are making the agonizing decision to plow down cornfields that have succumbed to the worst drought in decades....
Wages aren’t stagnating, they’re plummeting
For workers in the 10th, 20th and 50th percentiles, median hourly wages haven't grown much at all since the early 1970s. ...
Corn for food, not fuel
IT is not often that a stroke of a pen can quickly undo the ravages of nature, but federal regulators now have an opportunity to do just that. Americans’ food budgets will be hit hard by the ongoing Midwestern drought, the worst since 1956. Food bills will rise and many farmers will go bust....
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