Why can't we solve this problem?

为什么我们仍无法解决这个问题呢
Is there not enough food in the world?

是因为没有足够的食物吗
Well no, that's not right; there is enough food in the world.

当然不是食物是充足的
This is a political problem.

这是出于政治上的考量
One that the world could solve,

饥饿问题其实可以解决
there's plenty of money in the world, plenty of food in the world

世界上存在大量的金钱和食物
there won't always be as I'll describe in a later class

即使情况不可能永远持续
but at least at the moment there's enough food in the world,

但至少当下世界上的食物是充足的
but we're not solving this problem.

但我们却仍然无法办到
We have to ask ourselves why and are there any solutions to this

我们必须追问自己缘由有没有方法
perplexing difficult and tormenting human problem.

走出这艰难的困境结束折磨人的问题
Here's the statistic that deals with how many people die of hunger.

这有份关于死于饥饿的人数调查