This article sketches an ethics of (financial) speculation in futures markets. (1) It identifies an intentionalistic … fallacy prevalent in moral criticisms of speculation in general and of financial speculation in particular. (2) It scrutinizes … the degree to which the recent debate on financial speculation with agricultural commodities follows the general pat …

This article argues that financial market speculation with agricultural commodities is both valuable from an economic … to prohibit such speculation. However, this would be detrimental to the moral goal of improving the global food supply. …

This article argues that financial market speculation with agricultural commodities is both valuable from an economic … to prohibit such speculation. However, this would be detrimental to the moral goal of improving the global food supply. …

This article sketches an ethics of (financial) speculation in futures markets. (1) It identifies an intentionalistic … fallacy prevalent in moral criticisms of speculation in general and of financial speculation in particular. (2) It scrutinizes … the degree to which the recent debate on financial speculation with agricultural commodities follows the general pattern …

This interview explains the term „speculation“ and points to the academic research literature which supports the view …

hindeuten, dass die von Indexfonds betriebenen Terminmarkt-geschäfte mit Agrarrohstoffen dem Gemeinwohl nicht abträglich …This interview explains the term "speculation" and points to the academic research liter-ature which supports the view …

financial speculation on the markets for agricul-tural commodities: According to this current state of research, there is little … evidence for the point of view that the recent increase in financial speculation has caused (a) the price level or (b) the …, claiming that financial speculation has detrimental effects and should be forbid-den, seems to be a false alarm: People who are …

This short essay on financial speculation with agricultural commodities offers (1) a sur-vey of the real economy … speculation on agricultural futures markets, and (3) a discussion of political measures that are appropriate for im-proving global …