Economic Inequality, Food Insecurity, and the Erosion of Equality of Capabilities in the United States
Economic Inequality, Food Insecurity, and the Erosion of Equality of Capabilities in the United States
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DOI：
10.1177/0007650316676238
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
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7
通讯作者：
Elmes, Michael B.
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作者：
Elmes, Michael B.
本文探讨了美国的经济不平等如何导致经济底层的贫困、粮食不安全和肥胖程度不断加剧。它认为获得营养食品是生活以及充分参与工作场所和社会的必要条件。由于美国经济不平等的加剧，美国经济中越来越多的部分变得更加粮食不安全和肥胖，他们为了生存而吃不健康的食物，并遭受能力平等的侵蚀，从而削弱了他们在（他们的）社区运作中充分和积极参与的能力。美国营养食品获取机会不平等的部分原因在于工业化食品体系，该体系旨在为工业化食品生产商、加工商和分销商创造短期利润，通过市场集中和机会主义行为榨取剩余劳动力价值，而牺牲了消费者、食品工人（包括农民）和生态系统的长期利益。美国的经济不平等、粮食不安全和能力平等的削弱引发了抗议运动、社会运动、社会创新，并适度加强了监管，使获得和消费健康食品成为每个人的权利。探讨了对商业和社会研究的影响。
This article explores how economic inequality in the United States has led to growing levels of poverty, food insecurity, and obesity for the bottom segments of the economy. It takes the position that access to nutritious food is a requirement for living and for participating fully in the workplace and society. Because of increasing economic inequality in the United States, growing segments of the U.S. economy have become more food insecure and obese, eating unhealthy food for survival and suffering an erosion of equality of capabilities that undermines their ability to play a full and active part in the functioning of (their) community. Unequal access to nutritious foods in the United States is attributable in part to an industrial food system that is designed to produce short-term profits for industrial food producers, processors, and distributors that extract surplus labor value through market concentration and opportunistic behavior at the expense of the long-term benefits for consumers, food workers (including farmers), and ecosystems. Economic inequality, food insecurity, and the erosion of equality of capabilities in the United States have given rise to protest movements, social movements, social innovations, and some modest strengthening of regulations to make access to and consumption of healthy food a right for every person. Implications for business and society research are explored.