Endless appetites how the commodities casino creates hunger and unrest
How to understand the twenty-first century food crisis Since 2007, farm-product prices have rocketed and plunged, causing hunger, malnutrition, and social and political upheaval around the world. Endless Appetites explores how ""food security,"" the availability of food and the r...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Bloomberg Press
c2011.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Bloomberg
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627925506719 |
| Sumario: | How to understand the twenty-first century food crisis Since 2007, farm-product prices have rocketed and plunged, causing hunger, malnutrition, and social and political upheaval around the world. Endless Appetites explores how ""food security,"" the availability of food and the reasonable ability to buy it, has become one of the most challenging topics of our time. With every jump in grocery-store prices, the issue becomes more and more pressing, proven by this year's record increase in food prices, which has already topped the spike of 2008. Award-winning commodities r |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118169599 9781283282956 9786613282958 9781118169612 |
