Episode Synopsis "Food security and decent wages with Mevyn Abrahams"

If food is at the basis for human dignity, then surely access to sufficient and nutritious food for those how who wish to have it, must be an indictor of how well the economy is structured? In this episode, we speak to Mervyn Abrahams from the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group about their Household Affordability Index, which tracks how much a basket of food that women in low income households buy costs, and why they felt it was needed.

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