Food inflation is terrible but even more worrying are some of the steps being taken in an attempt to manage it.
Run-down on the whole problem in this article: Food Inflation, Riots Spark Worries for World Leaders
Here are some money quotes:
The global effect of export barriers, however, is to drive food prices even higher than they would be otherwise. Such policies "distort global prices," said Mr. Simsek, the Turkish finance minister, in an interview.
Yep, totally agree.
During informal conversations and interviews, ministers mainly agreed that the U.S. policies on biofuels were especially harmful. U.S. ethanol is made from corn, which, ministers said, could be exported to feed the hungry, and benefited from tariffs that block Brazilian ethanol, which is produced much more efficiently from sugar cane.
Ummm... Where have I heard that before?
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