LEADER 03217nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910957723603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613282958 010 $a9781118169599 010 $a111816959X 010 $a9781283282956 010 $a128328295X 010 $a9781118169612 010 $a1118169611 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063663 035 $a(EBL)818958 035 $a(OCoLC)762325181 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000554678 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12223540 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554678 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517493 035 $a(PQKB)10911575 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL818958 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10510356 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL328295 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781118043233 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC818958 035 $a(OCoLC)785643320 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn785643320 035 $a(OCoLC)711044814 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB179143 035 $a(Perlego)1010940 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063663 100 $a20110715d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEndless appetites $ehow the commodities casino creates hunger and unrest /$fAlan Bjerga 205 $a1st edition 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cBloomberg Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (218 p.) 225 0 $aBloomberg ;$v151 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781118043233 311 08$a1118043235 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEndless Appetites: How the Commodities Casino Creates Hunger and Unrest; Contents; Author's Note; Prologue; Chapter 1: Floors, Fields, and Famines; Chapter 2: Chicago Makes a Market; Chapter 3: Elephants in the Kiddie Pool; Chapter 4: A Recipe for Famine; Chapter 5: The View from Rome; Chapter 6: Hot Air; Chapter 7: Promise; Chapter 8: The Price of a Cup of Coffee; Chapter 9: A Better Banana; Chapter 10: Thai Quality; Chapter 11: Steps Up; Chapter 12: Harvest of Hope; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index; Photo Insert 330 $aHow to understand the twenty-first century food crisis Since 2007, farm-product prices have rocketed and plunged, causing hunger, malnutrition, and social and political upheaval around the world. Endless Appetites explores how ""food security,"" the availability of food and the reasonable ability to buy it, has become one of the most challenging topics of our time. With every jump in grocery-store prices, the issue becomes more and more pressing, proven by this year's record increase in food prices, which has already topped the spike of 2008. Award-winning commodities r 410 0$aBloomberg 517 3 $aHow the commodities casino creates hunger and unrest 606 $aFood prices 606 $aFood security 615 0$aFood prices. 615 0$aFood security. 676 $a363.8 686 $aBUS027000$2bisacsh 700 $aBjerga$b Alan$01810954 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957723603321 996 $aEndless appetites$94362532 997 $aUNINA