Saturday, October 16, 2010
Investment banks and the food crisis
This is an interesting, in-depth article about the role of big investment banks like Goldman Sachs in the food bubble of 2008. Apparently their commodity index funds, which create an insatiable demand for futures contract purchases, played a large role in driving food prices far above what real physical demand should have dictated.
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