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The Political Economy of Food and Finance (Paperback)
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The Political Economy of Food and Finance (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
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The financialization, globalization and industrialization of our
food systems make it increasingly difficult to access quality fresh
food. In fact, the industrialized global food system is creating
products that are less food-like, engendering growing questions
about the health and safety of our food supply. In addition, the
bio-engineering of food commodities is another factor influencing
the growth of industrial farming for an increasingly homogenized,
globalized market. 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. With government policy focused on
supporting corporate interests, there has been a global reaction to
the current food system. The food sovereignty movement is taking on
the interests behind the global land grab, and the regional food
movement in cities across the U.S. is hitting corporations at the
bottom line. Food corporations are listening. Is the food movement
winning? This book is of interest to those who study political
economy, financialization and agriculture and related studies, as
well as food systems and commodity future markets.
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