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67. Prices and profits: Is commodity speculation making the global food crisis worse?

This episode of The Weekly Tradecast looks at the influence big trading companies have on food supplies and prices with Anastasia Nesvetailova, head of UNCTAD’s macroeconomic and development policies branch.

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67. Prices and profits: Is commodity speculation making the global food crisis worse?