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The Food Crises: A quantitative model of food prices including speculators and ethanol conversion
Marco Lagi, Yavni Bar-Yam, Karla Z. Bertrand +1
Recent increases in basic food prices are severely impacting vulnerable populations worldwide. Proposed causes such as shortages of grain due to adverse weather, increasing meat co…
physics.soc-ph2011
The Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East
Marco Lagi, Karla Z. Bertrand, Yaneer Bar-Yam
Social unrest may reflect a variety of factors such as poverty, unemployment, and social injustice. Despite the many possible contributing factors, the timing of violent protests i…