Thursday, April 17, 2008

Shared risks

You might think that global trade gives the world a "safety net," but there's an article in the latest New Scientist magazine that suggests living in an increasingly interdependent world is actually making us more vulnerable. I'll write more about it next week, but here's an example which supports their case: the skyrocketing price of rice.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=156403&f=25

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