P/E/19. Explain in What Ways, if any, International Trade Can Be Both Cause and Cure for Food Shortages in a World of Plenty.

Conclusion
The market system as a path towards solving the world food problem can be seen to have failed, and by its nature will continue to do so. It is a myth that poverty, hence hunger, can be eradicated through free market economics and capitalist ideals, as they require an exploited class of people to function effectively. Free markets are as organised as controlled markets; those with the power and money to dictate international prices and extract crippling debt repayments from countries (people), used systematically as a source of cheap labour and raw materials, can continue to do so for as long as they wish; providing of course they are capable of easing their consciences, which is why we have to have comic relief, I suppose.