Bankers realize food speculation is causing global food insecurity

Banks consider quitting food speculation due to role in global hunger
By Brandon Keim, wired.co.uk

Business

Finan­cial giant Bar­clays is con­sid­er­ing an end to food spec­u­la­tion, a con­tro­ver­sial prac­tice linked to sud­den, dan­ger­ous spikes in glob­al food prices.

Rich Ricci, head of Bar­clays’ cor­po­rate and invest­ment bank­ing…

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