Author Archives: lhysjulien

By Liam Hysjulien “let’s get together and get some land raise our food like the man save our money like the mob put up the fight, own the job”                         -James Brown Last February, World Bank President Robert Zoellick noted … Continue reading →

By Liam Hysjulien [This piece was originally published in Truthout.] As food prices, both in this country and abroad, continue their steady ascent, the amount we should pay for food remains a contested issue. In a February 21, 2011, Huffington … Continue reading →

By Liam Hysjulien While there is not enough time in the day to write about all of the current food problems—especially the upcoming global food crisis—I would like to provide two snippets of my recent writing on food (expected to … Continue reading →

By Liam Hysjulien In a study last year by Professors Dan Ariely and Micahel L. Norton aptly titled “Building A Better America—One Wealth Quintile At A Time,” we learned that Americans have little concept of the median income in this … Continue reading →

By Liam Hysjulien While I had already begun writing a piece on the looming 2011 food crisis, in lieu of my birthday, I decided to shelve it for this month.  Instead, I felt the words of Wendell Berry offered more … Continue reading →

The Coming Crisis of Future Food Prices:  “No End In Sight” By Liam Hysjulien In a new series, As It Ought To Be will be providing semimonthly updates on different topics ranging from literature to food policies. A recent study … Continue reading →