speculative harvests

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speculative harvests를 우연히 읽었다. 책 설명은 농업과 금융의 연결을 다룬 듯 흥미로웠지만, 15%정도를 읽었는데 거의 내용이 없다. 이런 책을 여러 나라에서 번역했다니 혹시 후반부에 알짜가 있을지 몰라 읽기를 지속한다. 30 FAO의 자료에 의하면 물가를 배제한 식품가격지수는 1990년 100에서 등락을 거듭하며 2000년 최저치인 80까지 하락했다가 2008년과 2011년에 최고치 180까지 상승했고 2017년에는 150수준이다. 47 물가등락은 가난한 나라에 더 충격이 큰데 소득의 50-80%을 식품에 지출해야 하기 때문이다. 2011년 방글라데시와 말라위 하위20%의 저소득자는 60%를 사용해야 했고 파키스탄과 가나는 70%에 달했다. 48 
 
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Series Editors’ Foreword
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
What Is the Link Between Food and Finance?
Speculating on Commodities
The Financialization of Agricultural Risk Management
Farmland as a New Asset Class
Feeding Finance from Farm to Plate
Prospects for Governance and Re-Regulation
The Prospects for Change
Index