http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/raj+patel/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3786/food_fights/ Globally, 1 billion overweight people coexist with 800 million starving people. That's one of many perverse facts in Stuffed & Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System (Melville House, April 2008, U.S. release), author Raj Patel's searing indictment of the forces that shape what and how we eat. Patel is an ideal candidate to explain this tragic paradox: He has worked for the World Bank, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations. But as the book's back cover notes, he's also been "tear-gassed on four continents protesting them." Patel writes that he is appalled by global food inequality, but he tempers his anger with the informed and sharp analysis of a policy-wonk (he's now a visiting… food food crisis Raj Patel Susan J. Douglas