Dieser Artikel vertritt und erläutert folgende Thesen: (1) Die Hungerkrisen der Jahre 2008 und 2010 wurden nicht finanzwirtschaftlich, sondern realwirtschaftlich verursacht. (2) Die Terminmarktgeschäfte der Indexfonds stehen deshalb zu Unrecht am Pranger. (3) Diese Geschäfte stark...

Although the world has seen a strong increase in global incomes in the last two decades and consequently a decline in global poverty rates, the number of persons living in absolute poverty remains on unacceptably high levels. Besides rising incomes can not distract from the fact that resources...

"The challenge of global hunger is now high on the agenda of governments and international policy-makers. This new work contributes to addressing that challenge, by looking at the obstacles which stand in the way of implementing a right to food in the era of globalisation. The book describes the...