UN: World Hunger has been Increasing for a Decade

This fact is repudiation of the so-called boom of the 1990s. The global economy, thus big business, have been thriving during period - not the rest of us. The gap between rich and poor has been widening of over several decades. As a result poverty and hunger have worsened. Such a state of affairs has led to, for example, the rise in terrorism. And ultimately caused the stock market crash, as it did in the 1920s.
- Article source: http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/14//ap/headlines/eu_un_world_hunger.txt