Endless appetites : how the commodities casino creates hunger and unrest / Alan Bjerga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bjerga, Alan.

Series:

Bloomberg

Bloomberg ; 151

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food prices.

Food security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How the commodities casino creates hunger and unrest

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Bloomberg Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

How to understand the twenty-first century food crisis Since 2007, farm-product prices have rocketed and plunged, causing hunger, malnutrition, and social and political upheaval around the world. Endless Appetites explores how ""food security,"" the availability of food and the reasonable ability to buy it, has become one of the most challenging topics of our time. With every jump in grocery-store prices, the issue becomes more and more pressing, proven by this year's record increase in food prices, which has already topped the spike of 2008. Award-winning commodities r

Contents:

Endless Appetites: How the Commodities Casino Creates Hunger and Unrest; Contents; Author's Note; Prologue; Chapter 1: Floors, Fields, and Famines; Chapter 2: Chicago Makes a Market; Chapter 3: Elephants in the Kiddie Pool; Chapter 4: A Recipe for Famine; Chapter 5: The View from Rome; Chapter 6: Hot Air; Chapter 7: Promise; Chapter 8: The Price of a Cup of Coffee; Chapter 9: A Better Banana; Chapter 10: Thai Quality; Chapter 11: Steps Up; Chapter 12: Harvest of Hope; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index; Photo Insert

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786613282958

9781118169599

111816959X

9781283282956

128328295X

9781118169612

1118169611

OCLC:

762325181