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The history of the last 50 years and the global COVID-19 pandemic demonstrate why that is a mistake, leading to vastly increased household food insecurity, poverty, and hunger. This paper takes a close look at US data to help to better understand the significant impact US federal government policy measures had on limiting hunger throughout the pandemic and how we can learn from these outcomes to finally end hunger in America and other developed nations. The top three policy prescriptions vital in ending household food insecurity in the US and industrialized countries are as follows: (1) to create jobs; raise wages; make high quality healthcare and prescription medicine free; and ensure that high quality childcare, education, transportation, and broad-band access are affordable to all; (2) to enact a comprehensive \u201cAssets Empowerment Agenda\u201d to help low-income people move from owing to owning in order to develop middle-class wealth; and (3) when the above two steps are inadequate, ensure a robust government safety net for struggling residents that provides cash, food, and housing assistance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19020814","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,12]],"date-time":"2022-01-12T09:10:36Z","timestamp":1641978636000},"page":"814","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Why the World Should Not Follow the Failed United States Model of Fighting Domestic Hunger"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Joel","family":"Berg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hunger Free America, New York, NY 10004, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angelica","family":"Gibson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hunger Free America, New York, NY 10004, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Berg, J. 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