{"product_id":"9781118043233","title":"Endless Appetites How the Commodities Casino Creates Hunger and Unrest","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEndless Appetites\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow the Commodities Casino Creates Hunger and Unrest\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlan Bjerga\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Finance \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow to understand the twenty-first century food crisis\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSince 2007, farm-product prices have rocketed and plunged, causing hunger, malnutrition, and social and political upheaval around the world. \u003ci\u003eEndless Appetites\u003c\/i\u003e explores how \"food security,\" the availability of food and the reasonable ability to buy it, has become one of the most challenging topics of our time. With every jump in grocery-store prices, the issue becomes more and more pressing, proven by this year's record increase in food prices, which has already topped the spike of 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAward-winning commodities reporter Alan Bjerga explains the food crisis and why it is happening in an accessible, articulate manner\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy is this happening when more food is being grown than ever?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy are crop markets?first established in the 1800's to help stabilize agricultural commodity prices?acting like an investors' casino, with prices absorbed by rich nations taking food from the mouths of the poor?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFrom college campuses to emergency UN meetings, \"food security\" is one of the hottest topics of the day, with no shortage of interest in how to stabilize food prices worldwide to close the hunger gap\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo understand the growing international food crisis, readers need an expert they can rely on. One of the most widely acclaimed journalists on food security, Alan Bjerga is up to the task, taking readers from the trading floor of Chicago to the highlands of East Africa to the rice paddies of Thailand on a global trek to find the causes of the food-price crisis?and the solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlan Bjerga has covered food and agricultural issues for more than a decade for Knight-Ridder Newspapers and Bloomberg News. He won the Glenn Cunningham Agricultural Journalist of the Year Award from the North American Agricultural Journalists in 2005. In 2009, he was recognized for covering U.S. food aid and famine in Ethiopia by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the North American Agricultural Journalists, the New York Press Club, and the Overseas Press Club. In 2010, Bjerga was President of the National Press Club and the North American Agricultural Journalists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 October 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomberg Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118043233\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44381056204940,"sku":"9781118043233","price":25.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118043233.jpg?v=1780182958","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118043233","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}