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...

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...

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...