> Some years ago Johan Galtung was part of study that calculated loss
> of potential lifespan from persistent deprivation - insufficient
> food, shelter, health care - associated with social inequality.
> Norwegian political scientist Tord Hoivik termed such loss 'structural
> violence' because it is result of 'normal' functioning of current
> world system.  Galtung, Hoivik, Gernot Kohler, Norman Alcock concluded
> that about 20 million people were victims of structural violence.
> Michael Hoover

20 million per year...  MH

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