Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus ökonomischer und wirtschaftsethischer Sicht kritisch Stellung zu dem von Foodwatch am 21. November 2013 vorgelegten Argumentationspapier. Er analysiert die hiermit verbundenen Positionsänderungen und Positionskorrekturen der "Hungermacher"-Kampagne gegen die...

This article sketches an ethics of (financial) speculation in futures markets. (1) It identi-fies an intentionalistic fallacy prevalent in moral criticisms of speculation in general and of financial speculation in particular. (2) It scrutinizes the degree to which the recent debate on financial...

This short essay on financial speculation with agricultural commodities offers (1) a sur-vey of the real economy factors that caused recent hunger crises, (2) an overview of academic research on the impact of index-based financial speculation on agricultural futures markets, and (3) a discussion...