Archive for June, 2008

Skyrocketing Commodity Prices

For months, skyrocketing prices of food, oil, and other commodities have bewildered investors and governments, and have also threatened to raise the price of a subsistence-level diet out of the reach of the world’s poorest citizens. Pundits, investors, and government regulators have offered many explanations for the spike in food commodity prices, including the growing ...Read more.

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