Let them eat (cheap) cake

       If you're like me then you might have found yourself asking what exactly this chapter of Stuffed and Starved  was all about.  It talked a little about what trade is at the most basic level and it talked a little about tea and other beverages.  Okay, who am I kidding, it talked A LOT about tea and other beverages.  I actually started to wonder why the chapter was titled 'Just a Cry for Bread'.  It also talked a lot about the Rhodes' Conundrum which basically stated that...

1. Poor people are out there and they're growing in number
2. There's not enough food to feed them all
3. Without food, the poor will go hungry
4. If they're hungry, they might start a civil war
5. Luckily other countries have enough food to feed them

This list led to the "solution" which I also think was the main take away point of the chapter.  Notice the quotation marks I used on solution..I'm being sarcastic because it's a terrible solution.

THE SOLUTION AND THE MAIN TAKE AWAY MESSAGE (in my opinion) 
       Governments use an abundance of cheap food to prevent civil wars from its citizens.  This chapter basically says that British and American governments feared that if people went hungry for too long that they would turn to violence and cause an uprising.  To prevent this from happening the World Trade Organization was created.  The WTO is basically a global government that facilitates trade and enforces trade laws.  This sounds good right?  Well...it's not.  The WTO severely restricts countries from being able to handle their own economies and direct their own trade.
       Watch this video to learn more about the World Trade Organization and decide for yourself if you think it's helping or hurting countries around the world.

   
-Georgia