‘The Reproach of Hunger,’ by David Rieff

(Nov. 6) – Hunger is probably the most salient consequence of poverty. This salience has some rationale: Hunger makes food a priority, and poor people spend about half of their income on it. But hunger is, nevertheless, a symptom of poverty, not a problem to be tackled in isolation — the solution to hunger may not have much to do with the supply of food.