Hazel Henderson http://www.hazelhenderson.com Author, Independent Futurist, Worldwide Syndicated Columnist, Advocate for and Consultant on Equitable Ecologically Sustainable Human Development and Socially Responsible Business and Investment Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:04:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Economics of Curbing Speculation In Food, Water and Vital Resources http://www.hazelhenderson.com/2012/11/30/the-economics-of-curbing-speculation-in-food-water-and-vital-resources/ http://www.hazelhenderson.com/2012/11/30/the-economics-of-curbing-speculation-in-food-water-and-vital-resources/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:57:47 +0000 admin http://www.hazelhenderson.com/?p=694 Read the rest of this entry →]]> By Hazel Henderson

Recent spikes in prices of rice, soy, wheat and corn have driven many poor people in developing countries into hunger and malnutrition. In 2011, then World Bank president Robert Zoellick estimated that 44 million people fell into poverty in 2010 due to rising food prices, adding, “Food price inflation is the biggest threat today to the world’s poor…one weather event and you start to push people over the edge.”

The United Nations (UN) FAO Food Price Index jumped 25 percent in 2010.

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  • IPS – Miren Gutierrez interviews Hazel Henderson – Q&A: ‘Stiglitz-Sen Moving in the Right Direction, but Slowly’ September 2009
  • “Abolish the Nobel in Economics”, Many Scientists Agree! 2004
  • “Politics of Economics,” Submitted to the New York Times Op-Ed, April 2009
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  • A Closer Look at Oil Speculators, July 2008
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  • Come Clean, Larry Summers, About Your Role in the Credit Default Swap Mess!, November 2008
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  • Cyberspace: The Global Opportunities, December 1997
  • Democracy Lessons for the USA, December 2000
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  • Education: Key Investments in the Wealth of Nations, Fall/Winter 2004-2005
  • Europe Rising, Brussels, June 2003
  • Evolving Economies from Lose-Lose Vicious Circles to Win-Win Cooperation and Sustainability, March 1997
  • From Porto Alegre to Lyon, February 2002
  • G-20: Reform the Global Casino
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  • GDP Scorecards Still Misleading Governments, Banks and Investors as New Survey Shows Disconnect. January 2011
  • Global Compact Should Spin Off from UN, June 2004
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  • Globalization’s Good News, October 2000
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    • ]]>     http://www.hazelhenderson.com/2011/12/20/paperseditorials/feed/ 0     Differing Perceptions, Assumptions, Forecasting Styles Between Economists and Futurists http://www.hazelhenderson.com/2011/09/02/differing-perceptions-assumptions-forecasting-styles-between-economists-and-futurists/ http://www.hazelhenderson.com/2011/09/02/differing-perceptions-assumptions-forecasting-styles-between-economists-and-futurists/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:25:41 +0000 admin http://hazelhenderson.com/wordpress/?p=477 Economists forecast from past data; extrapolating trends Now also use optimistic, pessimistic forecasts

    Futurists construct “What If” scenarios; trends are not destiny

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