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 formuliert drei Erkenntnisse, die helfen können, die globale Ernährungs-sicherheit nachhaltig zu verbessern. Sie lauten: (a) Hungerbekämpfung setzt Armutsbe-kämpfung voraus. (b) Der öffentliche Diskurs ist oft blockiert, weil versäumt wird, die richtigen Fragen zu stellen....

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...

Hunger has become ever more complex, and therefore efforts to sustainably eradicate hunger and malnutrition depend on policies and programs that match these complexities. Innovations are critical for progress. However, they require increased public and private investments as well. Key elements...

Introduction -- chapter 1. Some methodological issues -- chapter 2. Which capitalism -- chapter 3. Capitalism has an end -- chapter 4. The future of capitalism is unknown -- chapter 5. Capitalism has problems but will survive -- chapter 6. Population and environment -- chapter 7. Problems of...