In 2005 the EU lowered the guaranteed minimum prices for crops in its Common Agricultural Policy and stopped market interventions. Consequently, prices started to fluctuate more intensively, and farmers' incomes are now subject to higher price volatility. A crop price insurance scheme could...

With accession to the EU, Estonia gave up its liberal trade and agricultural policies and adopted the much more protectionist regime of the EU. Prior to accession, many studies predicted that this would lead to price increases for agricultural products and processed food. This article discusses...

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...