A FORGOTTEN FACT.......

A SONG FOR SERIOUS THOUGHT......


Fragile
Sting
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the colour of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say how fragile we are, how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say how fragile we are, how fragile we are
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

More doom and gloom?

World War will not happen. Famines are more rare than ever before. Russia is still mired in Ukraine years later and China is building up their military but more to intimidate their neighbors than trying to take on America.

FredHayek wrote: More doom and gloom?

World War will not happen. Famines are more rare than ever before. Russia is still mired in Ukraine years later and China is building up their military but more to intimidate their neighbors than trying to take on America.

LET US EXAMINE THAT SENTENCE.....

www.wfpusa.org/news/global-hunger-declin...africa-western-asia/

OFI 2025 also examines the causes and consequences of the 2021–2023 food price surge and its impact on food security and nutrition.

The report highlights that the global policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic — characterized by extensive fiscal and monetary interventions — combined with the impacts of the war in Ukraine and extreme weather events, contributed to recent inflationary pressures.

This food price inflation has hindered the post-pandemic recovery in food security and nutrition. Since 2020, global food price inflation has consistently outpaced headline inflation. The gap peaked in January 2023, with food inflation reaching 13.6%, 5.1 percentage points above the headline rate of 8.5%.

Low-income countries have been particularly hit hard by rising food prices. While median global food price inflation increased from 2.3% in December 2020 to 13.6% in early 2023, it climbed even higher in low-income countries, peaking at 30% in May 2023.

Despite rising global food prices, the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet fell from 2.76 billion in 2019 to 2.60 billion in 2024. However, the improvement was uneven. In low-income countries, where the cost of a healthy diet rose more sharply than in higher-income countries, the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet increased from 464 million in 2019 to 545 million in 2024. In lower-middle-income countries (excluding India), the number rose from 791 million in 2019 to 869 million over the same period.

HOWEVER, THE CONCEPT OF THE SONG...ZING,RIGHT OVER YOUR HEAD.....IT MUST BE A RIGHT BRAIN, LEFT BRAIN THING,BECAUSE FROM MY POV IT IS CLEARLY A REMINDER THAT HUMAN LIFE IS NOT INVINCIBLE AND THAT,IN FACT, IS VENERABLE AND VERY TENTATIVE
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OFI 2025 also examines the causes and consequences of the 2021–2023 food price surge and its impact on food security and nutrition.

The report highlights that the global policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic — characterized by extensive fiscal and monetary interventions — combined with the impacts of the war in Ukraine and extreme weather events, contributed to recent inflationary pressures.

This food price inflation has hindered the post-pandemic recovery in food security and nutrition. Since 2020, global food price inflation has consistently outpaced headline inflation. The gap peaked in January 2023, with food inflation reaching 13.6%, 5.1 percentage points above the headline rate of 8.5%.

Low-income countries have been particularly hit hard by rising food prices. While median global food price inflation increased from 2.3% in December 2020 to 13.6% in early 2023, it climbed even higher in low-income countries, peaking at 30% in May 2023.

Despite rising global food prices, the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet fell from 2.76 billion in 2019 to 2.60 billion in 2024. However, the improvement was uneven. In low-income countries, where the cost of a healthy diet rose more sharply than in higher-income countries, the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet increased from 464 million in 2019 to 545 million in 2024. In lower-middle-income countries (excluding India), the number rose from 791 million in 2019 to 869 million over the same period.