Food has become a hot asset. Markets view food scarcity as the ‘opportunity of a lifetime’ and are pouring money into agricultural commodities. The impact is catastrophic, as speculators push up the price of food and force millions into poverty. Hazel Healy tackles the scandal of food speculation and shows how banks are causing hunger across the world.
Hazel Healy is a Co-Editor of New Internationalist magazine .
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