Food Prices: Jackson Library: Stanford GSB

Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-97

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Food prices have surged in the past few years, and in recent months inflation has sparked riots, hoarding and economic sanctions around the globe.

The following sources will discuss the rapid increases of some local necessities in the past year

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Due to contractual arrangements, access to some articles may be restricted to the Stanford community, and subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of the ideas expressed.

Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher. New York Times, 6/30/08
At least 29 countries have sharply curbed food exports in recent months, to ensure that their own people have enough to eat, at affordable prices.
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World News: World Bank Fund Targets Food-Price Surge. Wall Street Journal, 5/30/08
According to a 73-page paper released Thursday by the FAO and the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, high food prices will let farmers invest more and improve yields in Asia and Latin America but will also lead to more severe food shortages in parts of Africa.
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Why the World Can't Afford Food. Time, 5/19/08
The article discusses the global causes of the high prices for food.
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High Prices for Staple Foods Dip, but Volatile Markets Persist. New York Times, 5/9/08
After months of startling increases, the prices of rice, wheat, soybeans and several other foods have come down recently, a development that could ease some of the panic in global food markets.
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Sourcing Peril Looms From Strife Over Food, Energy Prices. WWD, 4/21/08
Labor unrest over soaring food and energy prices could soon trigger a spike in global apparel sourcing costs, forcing companies to raise wages to stave off starvation and rioting.
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'Silent Tsunami': The Food Price Crisis. ABC News, 4/20/08
Millions of People Worldwide Face Starvation Because of Rising Food Prices
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The new face of hunger. Economist, 4/17/08
Global food shortages have taken everyone by surprise. What is to be done?
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Business: Tightening belts; The food industry. Economist, 4/12/08
The food industry is being squeezed from all sides. Last year prices for milk, eggs, corn, wheat, oils and almost all other edible commodities climbed to unprecedented levels.
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FarmEcon LLC President: High Food Prices Linked to Ethanol Industry's Corn Demand. BioFuels Journal, 4/7/08
Soaring food prices in the United States are caused in part by $25 billion per year in unnecessary costs imposed on food producers by the federally subsidized ethanol industry, which is itself teetering on the brink of contraction due to rampant over-expansion and higher corn prices, an agricultural economist told food writers at a meeting.
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Some Good News on Food Prices. New York Times, 4/2/08
WHILE grocery shoppers agonize over paying 25 percent more for eggs and 17 percent more for milk, Michael Pollan, the author and de facto leader of the food intellectuals, happily dreams of small, expensive bottles of Coca-Cola.
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Feed the world? We are fighting a losing battle, UN admits. Guardian, 2/26/08
Huge budget deficit means millions more face starvation.
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