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ISBN: 137071469
PThis is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version./P pBAre Food Prices About to Careen Out of Control Again?/B/P pInbsp;/I/P pIDo biofuels cause world hunger--or is that all just hype?/I/P pIWhat are government food and energy policies really doing?/I/P pIWhat do you need to know before investing in the food and energy sectors?/I/P pnbsp;/P pFood prices are more volatile and uncertain than ever, and massive growth in biofuels has introduced a huge new wildcard. Do more biofuels mean more hunger? Will a recovering economy raise food prices--and how much? The answers to questions like these will powerfully impact everyone on Earth. /P pnbsp;/P pNow, leading researcher Patrick Westhoff has written the first objective, easy-to-understand primer on one of the coming decadersquo;s most crucial issues: the profoundly interconnected economics of food and energy. /P pnbsp;/P pWesthoff cuts through the competing, noisy arguments coming from the biofuels industry, food activists, and everyone else with an axe to grind or fortunes at stake. If you eat, drive, or invest...if you make public policy or try to influence it...Iyou need to read this book/I. /P pnbsp;/P pIn recent years, food prices have soared--and plummeted. As crops are increasingly shifted to biofuel production, will prices soar again? What are the hidden relationships between the food on your plate and the gas in your car? Will economic recovery lead directly to massive inflation in both food Iand/I energy? What do food prices have to do with world hunger?/P pnbsp;/P pNow, one of the worldrsquo;s leading experts untangles the complex global relationships between food, energy, and economics and helps readers draw their own intelligent conclusions about the future of food. Patrick Westhoff reveals what Ireally/I causes large swings in food prices--and what may make them careen wildly in the future. /P pnbsp;/P pWesthoff discusses the factors that drive food pricing: not just biofuels but also weather, income growth, exchange rates, energy prices, government policies, market speculation, and more. Next, he walks through several scenarios for the future, offering indispensable insights for consumers, commodity traders, and policymakers alike./P pnbsp;/P UL LI BPolicies matter--more than you realizeBR/BIGovernmentrsquo;s surprising impact on food prices--domestic and foreign/I LI BMoney in your pocket, food on your plateBR/BIHow changes in income and the broader economy affect food prices/I LI BSpeculating on speculationBR/BIWhat market speculators can--and /Icanrsquo;tI--do to food prices/I LI BStuff happensBR/BIPredicting the impact of the surprises you canrsquo;t predict/I/LI/UL
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