Weber is among those advocating that governments put a ceiling on some of the prices that producers can charge. However, many?academic?economists — and the governments they advise — disagree, saying that such price controls?distort?markets. The poorest people are caught in the middle of this argument, experiencing harm as a result of both high prices and policy delays.

韋伯是主張政府對生產(chǎn)者可以收取的某些價格設(shè)置上限的人之一。然而，許多學院派經(jīng)濟學家——以及他們提供建議的政府——不同意這種說法，稱這種價格控制扭曲了市場。最貧窮的人被夾在這場爭論的中間，他們因高價格和政策延誤而受到傷害。

It’s important for researchers to continue to?uncover?evidence about what is exacerbating hunger and how it can be?eliminated. More could, for example, study how conflicts affect hunger on a more granular level. They could analyse the?components of?inflation?not only in Europe and the United States, but in LMICs, too. Economist Amartya Sen?demonstrated in his 1981 book?Poverty?and?Famines that hunger and?famine?are not necessarily the result of food?shortages, but created by the actions and choices of people. Leaders could make good on their SDG?pledge?that hunger and malnutrition must end, or they could continue to target food in conflicts. Both are choices, as Fakhri says, and not predetermined?outcomes.

對于研究人員來說，重要的是繼續(xù)發(fā)現(xiàn)導致饑餓加劇的原因以及如何消除饑餓的證據(jù)。例如，更多的研究可以在更細致的層面上研究沖突如何影響?zhàn)囸I。他們不僅可以分析歐洲和美國的通貨膨脹成分，還可以分析中低收入國家的通貨膨脹成分。經(jīng)濟學家阿馬蒂亞·森(Amartya Sen)在1981年出版的《貧困與饑荒》(Poverty and famine)一書中指出，饑餓和饑荒不一定是糧食短缺的結(jié)果，而是由人們的行為和選擇造成的。領(lǐng)導人可以兌現(xiàn)必須結(jié)束饑餓和營養(yǎng)不良的可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標承諾，也可以繼續(xù)以沖突中的糧食為目標。正如法赫里所說，兩者都是選擇，而不是預(yù)先確定的結(jié)果。