The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets
Kara Newman
| Year of publication: |
c 2013
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| Authors: | Newman, Kara |
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New York, NY : Columbia Univ. Press |
| Subject: | Warenbörse | Commodity exchange | Rohstoffderivat | Commodity derivative | Lebensmittel | Food | Wirtschaftsgeschichte | Economic history | USA | United States |
| Extent: | X, 194 S Ill., graph. Darst. 22 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-182) and index How does commodities trading work? -- The spice route -- The commodity that built a nation: corn futures -- Great grains -- Butter and egg men -- The mochaccino market: coffee, sugar, and cocoa -- Cattle call -- This little piggy made a market: the rise and fall of pork bellies -- When money grows on trees: produce futures -- Super soybeans -- The future of food futures? Contracts to consider. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-15670-7 ; 978-0-231-52734-7 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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