Willy Brandt (born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm) was a German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1964–1987.
world problems of hunger, antipathy (arms race, etc.), production, distribution, income inequality need to be addressed and resolved. arms race every minute the world spends over one million dollars for military purposes; we stockpile more explosives than food, and we are more concerned with military security than with hunger and malnutrition, which in the end may pose an even greater threat. p. 325 [this in 1981] . . . many political debates and many election campaigns simply bypass discussion of the crucial issues (of world hunger, income inequality, arms race, maldistribution of goods and services.