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Occasionally, we can laugh about the problems facing our society from uncontrolled commodity speculation. Here the Daily Show’s Jon Oliver talks about Goldman Sachs and its business in actual ownership of aluminum on a massive scale. Take a look. Part 1 Part 2

Last Saturday and Sunday, I took an unusual step and attended a religious conference in Crystal City, just across the Potomac River from Washington DC. As I am not an active participant in any faith-based group, I decided with some hesitation to attend this conference because of...

The following six videos contain a documentary about financial speculation, starting with the emergence of derivatives as a risk management tool into a financial scheme that accelerated risk around the world.

This is a humorous take on a serious problem with profiting from commodity speculation at the cost of world hunger. Take a look.

Food shortages, hunger, famine. In our global society, these are terms we know all too well. Images of starving children pull at our heartstrings and their causes are often obvious if not easily solvable. War, pestilence, drought and in our modern age, energy security are cited...