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The Political Economy of Food and Finance
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Artikel-Nr:
9781138299375
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.06.2017
Seiten:
160
Autor:
Ted P Schmidt
Gewicht:
277 g
Format:
231x155x10 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ted P. Schmidt is Associate Professor of Economics & Finance at SUNY Buffalo State, New York, USA.
This book describes the financialization process in commodity futures markets which transformed commodities into an asset class. Incorporated into the portfolio decisions of investors, commodity prices now behave like all asset prices, becoming more volatile and subject to periodic bubbles. As commodity prices were driven higher in the 2000s, farmland became more valuable, setting off a global land grab by investors, nations, and corporations. More recently, under the financialization food regime, slow growth and low returns encouraged merger activity driven by private equity firms, with food industry corporations as prime targets, leading to increased industry concentration.
1. Introduction: Food and Finance 2. Financialization: There and Back Again 3. Setting the Table 4. The Financialization Process in Commodity Futures Markets 5. The Speculation Debate 6. Private Equity Bought the Farm: The Impact of Financialization 7. Food and Finance Policy 8. The Global Food Chain Reaction