Eco-Scam:
The False Prophets of Ecological Apocalypse
Ronald Bailey
Cato Institute
Actual starvation has been relegated to a few isolated corners of the globe usually beset with civil strife. Deliberately created famines have been used several times as a weapon in this century; for example, Stalin starved the Ukraine in the 1930s, Ethiopia’s General Mengistu halted food aid to rebel regions of his country in the 1980s, and war lords in Somalia created famine throughout that country in the 1990s. But these tragedies must not be confused with apocalyptic claims that humanity is about to overrun its carrying capacity…
Africa could easily produce more than enough food to feed its people, so why don’t Africans have enough to eat? Often, because Africa’s governments swindle their farmers. Deliberate government policies impoverish the rural sectors at the expense of the urban centers…
