kontraproduktiv. (4) Wer den Hunger in der Welt wirksam bekämpfen will, muss realwirtschaftlich ansetzen und dafür Sorge tragen, dass …This article holds and explains the following propositions: (1) The hunger crises in 2008 and 2010 have their causal …, would be counterproductive. (4) If we want to fight global hunger effectively, we have to take real-economy precautions to …

This short essay on financial speculation with agricultural commodities offers (1) a sur-vey on the real economy … factors that caused recent hunger crises, and (2) an overview on academic research on the impact of index-based financial … speculation on agricultural markets, and (3) a discussion of political measures that are appropriate – or inappropri-ate – for …

current debate about financial speculation with agricultural commodities; (b) it explains why index funds are not detrimental …

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 of political measures that are appropriate for im-proving global …

This interview explains the term "speculation" and points to the academic research liter-ature which supports the view …

finanzwirtschaftliche Ursachen. Die sorgenvolle Warnung vor der Agrarspe-kulation durch Indexfonds muss deshalb als Fehl-Alarm eingestuft … speculation by index funds therefore must be regarded as a false alarm. …

financial speculation that takes place on futures markets for agricultural commodities. …