1. The long-term adequacy of agricultural land in the United States / Pierre R. Crosson -- 2. The adequacy of agricultural land : a demand-supply perspective / Earl O. Heady -- 3. Growth in demand for U.S. crop and animal production by 2005 / Martin E. Abel -- 4. The potential supply of cropland...

The subject of this article is whether the financialisation of agricultural commodity futures trading contributed to the sudden price rises in 2006-2008. It also discusses the effect of financialisation on the functioning and usefulness of futures markets, and considers whether speculation could...

With the full effects of the Great Recession still unfolding, this collection of essays analyses the gendered economic impacts of the crisis. The volume, from an international set of contributors, argues that gender-differentiated economic roles and responsibilities within households and markets...