how financial speculation is making the global food price crisis worse
- Written by Sophie van Huellen, Lecturer in Development Economics, University of Manchester
Checking food prices.06photo / ShutterstockUK households, like those in many other countries, are struggling to make ends meet. More than half of households have only £2.66 per week left after paying for bills and essentials, according to figures from the supermarket chain Asda.
The extreme spikes in the cost of energy and food that we have...
