Comment: The ‘Enigma’ of Hunger

I have had a frustrating time coming to grips with this article by two well- regarded economists.* The authors take a long time to not get to the point.They infer a problem that may be present but provide only anecdotal evidence of its existence and do not measure its scale. They ascribe as its cause a single interpretation of a single theory and neglect alternatives. Their argument is convoluted, with contradictions, equivocation and the occasional ludicrous statement. The tone intermittently is condescending: towards the reader, towards their professional peers and towards the intended beneficiaries. The outcome is confusion about the putative problem and no movement towards its resolution.