The article “The Benefits of World Hunger” was written by George Kent, a retired professor of political science at the University of Hawaii, and was originally published in the UN Chronicle in 2008. The article argued that hunger is not an issue to be solved, rather “it is fundamental to the working of the world’s economy”. The article sparked outrage among Twitter users and was taken down from the UN Chronicle website. After criticism of the article, UN Chronicle tried to say that the 14-year-old article was “an attempt at satire”. However, Kent himself denies that the article was intended as a form of satire. In an interview with Climate Depot, Kent explains he was not advocating global hunger but was intending to be “provocative” by saying certain individuals and institutions benefit from global hunger.
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