tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948982521501107752.post7861735995077239728..comments2023-10-21T09:03:15.270-04:00Comments on Rogue Economist Rants: A new investment metric for a commodities-crazed worldRogue Economisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439817966760459091noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948982521501107752.post-4717271764758187492008-06-10T10:31:00.000-04:002008-06-10T10:31:00.000-04:00You are right about your analysis on the real culp...You are right about your analysis on the real culprit for the skyrocketing commodity price. In the light of the damage being wrought on economies everywhere by these financial investors/speculators, I think there is scope for a globally-coordinated regulation of trading in commodities exchanges. The choice for governments is really easy: unrestrained speculative trading or regime change. We are seeing the latter already.<BR/><BR/>Your concept of a "price-to-hunger multiple" is, to use your term, so diabolical it gives me goose pimples just thinking about it. But humans are capable of such evil, so you may have a point. There is a point when we say enough is enough. I think we are edging closer there. Governments should, for once, show collective political will. It could only be a zero-sum game with food and oil speculators; never win-win. It's either them or us.S@RZIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04633786794209639352noreply@blogger.com