Commodity Speculation, Rising Food Prices, and Goldman Sachs
Old habits die hard, and the motor patterns in my fingers that brought me to the Drudge Report so many times when I worked in a cubicle in Boston once again led me to page the other day. Living up to its reputation for sensationalism, it featured a headline recently about the escalation of food prices around the world. Unfortunately, while Drudge is usually over-the-top, rising food prices are no laughing matter. In 2008, the rising cost of our daily…