Poverty amidst plenty: food insecurity in the United States
指出美国10.7%的家庭在2001年经历过食物不安全，分析了经济条件、就业变动与家庭破裂如何导致低收入和脆弱性，并评估了经济与食物援助计划的效果。
Abstract The United States faces domestic food security issues that differ from those encountered by many countries. Yet, in 2001, 10.7% of U.S. households were estimated to be food insecure at some point during the year. Food security, poverty, and food insecurity are strongly linked by economic conditions. Job transitions, layoffs, and family disruptions result in periods of low income and vulnerability to food insecurity. Economic and food assistance programs have helped protect many U.S. households when the market economy has failed to do so. These programs have reduced vulnerability to falling income and food insecurity during economic downturns in the business cycle. However effective food assistance programs have been for reducing short‐term vulnerability, they do not enhance a household's ability to achieve sustainable food security. Prospects for improving long‐term food security are tied to the same economic forces shaping a household's income and budget, particularly those related to labor productivity and wages.