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Thursday, August 9, 2012

UN Warns Against Food Export Limits


“The world could face a food crisis of the kind seen in 2007/08 if countries restrict exports on concerns about a drought-fuelled grain price rally, the U.N.’s food agency warned on Thursday, after reporting a surge in global food prices in July.” (Associated Press)

Free trade is the best insurance.

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“Food, Famine, and Free Trade” by James Peron