The Political Economy of Food and Finance - Couverture souple

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Schmidt, Ted P.

 
9781138299375: The Political Economy of Food and Finance

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ted P. Schmidt is Associate Professor of Economics & Finance at SUNY Buffalo State, New York, USA.

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9781138838222: The Political Economy of Food and Finance

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1138838225 ISBN 13 :  9781138838222
Editeur : Routledge, 2015
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