Famine outcomes are not merely determined by food scarcity.

Evidence

Sen’s starting point here, which he demonstrates empirically, is that famines are a social product, not an inevitable product of scarcity of food. … Whether there will be a famine, as opposed to a mere shortage, depends on people’s “entitlements”: that is, what they are able to obtain. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 921

Categorization

• XREF: XREF connects to the broader discourse on freedom of information and transparency in democratic systems. — connects to: Democratic systems prevent famines through media and elections.; Abundant production coexists with mass hunger because unsold food is wasted. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 56
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 921

Library Connections

• Democratic systems prevent famines through media and elections. #expands (0.85)