Alfred Maizels' work on commodity trade and prices documented trends in a major area of international economic relations. This title elaborates the ideas in the tradition of Maizels' contributions, and discusses and extends these theories in relation to current problems

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Figure O.1 The recent commodity boom was the largest and longest of any boom since 1900; Figure O.2 Real commodity prices in local currency units increased by between 75 and 150 percent but have fallen since; Figure O.3 Slower growth should...

Die Debatte um Spekulationen mit Nahrungsmitteln erhielt 2011 mit einem offenen Brief an Josef Ackermann neuen Auftrieb. Der Chef der Deutschen Bank wurde darin mit den Erkenntnissen des jetzt in Buchform vorliegenden Reports der Verbraucherorganisation Foodwatch konfrontiert, der die negativen...