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ENOUGH
Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty

$27.95

Investigative reporters from The Wall Street Journal look into the economic, political, and social dynamics that perpetuate famine.

Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman seek to answer why more than 9 million people die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year when the technology and know-how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger have been available for years. They focus on Africa, where more die of hunger than from AIDS and malaria combined.

Mr. Thurow has been a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal for 20 years. Mr. Kilman has been the Journal’s leading agriculture reporter. They have teamed up to produce ground-breaking stories on famine and food aid. Their stories on three 2003 famines were a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting.

“Thurow and Kilman are journalists who have covered famines in Africa, agricultural policy in the corridors of Washington and Brussels, and food commodities markets in Chicago. Yet their book is more than just a rough first draft of history. While grounded in colorful, entertaining reportage, Enough also displays a depth of thought and research more commonly found in academic studies. Well-chosen anecdotes bring the issues to life.”—Javier Blas, Financial Times

“This very readable book argues that the agricultural science and technology of the green revolution, which ended famine in much of the world last century, was on the whole a good thing, and that we need more of it.”—Debora MacKenzie, New Scientist•