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High Food Prices Drive Unrest, Study Says

Aug 22, 2011
An old argument says that full or empty bellies lead to contentment or revolt. Recent research supports that claim, showing that spikes in global food prices have coincided with the surge of social unrest and political instability seen recently in North Africa and the Middle East. (more)
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Geithner Pushes to Restrict, Not Ban Derivatives

Apr 16, 2010
In a letter to a ranking Senate Democrat, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called for restrictions on derivatives -- those financial instruments whose value is derived from other instruments -- but stopped at an outright ban on the trading practices that helped lead to the current financial crisis.