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Hungermakers? Why futures market activities by index funds are promoting the common good

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  • Pies, Ingo
  • Prehn, Sören
  • Glauben, Thomas
  • Will, Matthias Georg

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This short essay on financial speculation with agricultural commodities offers (1) a survey of the real economy factors that caused recent hunger crises, (2) an overview of academic research on the impact of index-based financial speculation on agricultural futures markets, and (3) a discussion of political measures that are appropriate for improving global food security. The arguments are supported by numerous graphs.

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  • Pies, Ingo & Prehn, Sören & Glauben, Thomas & Will, Matthias Georg, 2013. "Hungermakers? Why futures market activities by index funds are promoting the common good," Discussion Papers 2013-19, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Economic Ethics.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:mlucee:201319
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    1. Anja Vinzelberg & Benjamin R. Auer, 2022. "Unprofitability of food market investments," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(7), pages 2887-2910, October.
    2. Will, Matthias Georg & Prehn, Sören & Pies, Ingo & Glauben, Thomas, 2013. "Does financial speculation with agricultural commodities cause hunger? A reply to our critics," Discussion Papers 2013-25, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Economic Ethics.
    3. Ingo Pies & Matthias Georg Will & Thomas Glauben & Sören Prehn, 2015. "The Ethics of Financial Speculation in Futures Markets," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Anastasios G Malliaris & William T Ziemba (ed.), THE WORLD SCIENTIFIC HANDBOOK OF FUTURES MARKETS, chapter 24, pages 771-804, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    4. Pies, Ingo, 2013. "The ordonomic approach to order ethics," Discussion Papers 2013-20, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Economic Ethics.
    5. Boyd, Naomi E. & Harris, Jeffrey H. & Li, Bingxin, 2018. "An update on speculation and financialization in commodity markets," Journal of Commodity Markets, Elsevier, vol. 10(C), pages 91-104.
    6. Bessler, Wolfgang & Wolff, Dominik, 2015. "Do commodities add value in multi-asset portfolios? An out-of-sample analysis for different investment strategies," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 1-20.

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