Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Economic Downturn, High Energy Prices on 04 28th, 2008 | No Comments
Staving off Famine
How to solve the global food crisis
By Kaushik Basu
Professor of economics, Cornell University
Even small price rises can hit the poor hard
The world economy has many problems but none more pressing than what is happening to food prices.
There have been food riots in...
Posted by Skycypher in Uncategorized on 03 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Food Not Lawns!
VICTORY LAWNS?
What happens when oil really gets expensive, and 3,000-mile strawberries become $30 strawberries? Welcome to Plan B invites Jan Lundberg, one of the most prolific, commonsensical “solutions” writers in the USA Today. Created in 1969 and defended by local residents, Berkeley’s...
