Reflections

– About Mandela being a saint
– About growth and social justice
– About finance capital and food pricesAbout Mandela being a saint

“One issue that deeply worried me in prison was the false image I unwittingly projected to the outside world; of being regarded as a saint. I never was one, even on the basis of the earthly definition of a saint as a sinner who keeps trying,”

Nelson Mandela

About growth and social justice

How wrong are those who believe that economic growth produces social justice automatically.

Ricardo Lagos

About finance capital and food prices

Finance capital now dominates commercial hedging in futures markets, index funds have become huge investment vehicles in uncertain economic times, and the index funds move with oil and minerals prices, dragging food prices along with them.

Timothy A. Wise