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Economist urges more action on global food shortages

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: An influential economist is among those troubled by the rapid rise in food prices and the social unrest it has caused. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, a special adviser to the United Nations secretary-general, says in his book, Common Wealth, that food shortages and global warming are just some of the related menaces to civilisation. He says that when nations get together, they have to do more than talk. "They don't work when they're just talk-shops and boy, are they ... Read »
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