Hedge funds accused of gambling with lives of the poorest as food prices soar
• Commodity speculators push cocoa to 33-year high • Bets ‘risk the most vulnerable in the world starving’ Financial speculators have come under renewed fire from anti-poverty campaigners for their bets on food prices, blamed for raising the costs of goods such as coffee and chocolate and threatening the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries. The World Development Movement (WDM) will …
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