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Talk on state of world farming- WTO - 11/21/2009 9:31:03 PM

pahunkboy

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Talk by Anuradha Mittal, Founder of the Oakland Institute on "The Global Justice Movement and the Meltdown of Neoliberalism" given October 16, 2009 at the National Lawyers Guild Law for the People 2009 Convention in Seattle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DtSiGeiAic

Compelling talk on how trade agreements wreck peoples livelihood. This is 30 minute- talks about genetic modified seeds- and a land grab.

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RE: Talk on state of world farming- WTO - 11/22/2009 2:00:48 AM

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It is true and expected; commodities and land are the favorite investments.
"I'm convinced that farmland is going to be one of the best investments of our time. Eventually, of course, food prices will get high enough that the market probably will be flooded with supply through development of new land or technology or both, and the bull market will end. But that's a long ways away yet." - George Soros, June 2009

Food supply will increase. The problem is what to with people who have lost the source of income. The piracy can be understood: it annoys global trade but it is a result of the trade policies itself.

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