The paper investigates empirically the existence of asymmetry in the speed of adjustment at the retail prices of a selected group of basic foods to their long-term equilibrium level. Possible asymmetry would have a significant impact as it would disproportionately burden lower-income consumers...

Andrea suggests that the internationally accepted understanding of access to food as a human right has been violated by the current trend toward what Marx has aptly termed the commodification of food. Food markets need regulation, Andrea argues, because they affect the lives of billions of...