ABSTRACT
Business interests and their ideological supporters had traditionally argued that population and economic growth were necessary for the survival of capitalism. The position of the Club of Rome betrayed the presence of dissent within the ranks. The Club of Rome, the Project of the Predicament of Mankind to examine “poverty in the midst of plenty; degradation of the environment; loss of faith in institutions; uncontrolled urban spread; insecurity of employment; alienation of youth; rejection of traditional values; and inflation and other monetary and economic disruptions.” The Orthodox economists have long believed that food scarcities and hunger are isolates problems of relative scarcity that can be corrects by economic incentives provided by the pricing system and free market allocation. Liberation theology and Christian radicalism, particularly within the Roman Catholic Church, has been an important development within this ideological approach to world hunger.
