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A Diet of Austerity: the war on weight

How the working class is blamed for the world’s ills: The final extract from Elaine Graham-Leigh's new book, A Diet of Austerity: Class Food and Climate Change

April 29, 2015
Written by Elaine Graham-Leigh
Category: A Diet of Austerity

A Diet of Austerity: meals, moralism and Malthus

Casting food choices as a major cause of climate change may provide another justification for cuts explains Elaine Graham-Leigh in this extract from A Diet of Austerity

April 29, 2015
Written by Elaine Graham-Leigh
Category: A Diet of Austerity

A Diet of Austerity: blaming the poor

In this extract from her new book Elaine Graham-Leigh argues that food production and consumption is now a mainstream explanation for climate change - and part of shifting blame onto the poor

April 27, 2015
Written by Elaine Graham-Leigh
Category: A Diet of Austerity

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