Title: Grace at the table : ending hunger in God's world /
Authors: Beckmann, David M.; Simon, Arthur R.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Food supply Government policy.; Agriculture and state.; Hunger; Agriculture and state; Food supply Government policy; Hunger.
Abstract: David Beckmann and Arthur Simon, the president and founder of Bread for the World, use a question-and-answer format to share what they have learned about world hunger, and the country's ability to end it.
Contents: I. Hunger in God's world -- A place at the table -- What God intends -- World hunger -- Hunger next door -- II. Ending hunger -- Focused efforts -- The way out -- III. The overloaded earth -- You can't save forests if people are starving -- Too many people? -- Too little food? -- IV. A jobs-based strategy -- Creating good jobs -- Investing in people -- Welfare reform -- V. Gender and race -- Women bear the brunt -- Racism and hunger -- VI. The economics of hunger -- Two cheers for capitalism -- The global economy -- Does trade hurt or help? -- International investment and debt -- Crumbs from the table -- The world bank and the IMF -- VII. The politics of hunger -- Charity is not enough -- The government has to do its part -- Guns and bread -- Democracy and human rights -- Can we afford to end hunger? -- Transforming the politics of hunger -- VIII. Taking action -- The recovery of vision -- You can make a difference! -- Bread for the world.