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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that a record one billion people across the world are hungry as the global financial crisis continues to grow. The main reasons for why 1 in six human beings is not able to eat enough include war, drought, political instability, high food prices and poverty. Here in the United States hunger is surprisingly prevalent, according to a new book by Sasha Abramsky called Breadline USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It. Illustrating his analysis with the stories of ordinary Americans, Abramsky exposes how tens of millions of working Americans are unable to earn enough money to eat. At a time when the financial crisis is being used as a reason to perversely attack what remains of a social safety net, there are few options left to fend off starvation. What will happen to the estimated 25 million Americans who rely on food pantries?

GUEST: Sasha Abramsky, Senior Fellow at Demos, investigative reporter, and author of Breadline USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It.

For more information, visit www.sashaabramsky.com.