4-Sep-10 News -- Food prices soar around the world

[John]

4-Sep-10 News -- Food prices soar around the world, causing food riots

** 4-Sep-10 News -- Food prices soar around the world, causing food riots
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 04#e100904

Contents:
"Mozambique has food riots as world food prices soar"
"Why college professors lie about the economy"
"Additional links"
Egypt spending millions more on wheat subsidies
China orders local leaders to raise vegetable production
Food prices up 15% in India
People in Africa are eating weeds to prevent starvation
Mideast peace talks are polarizing Egypt-Iran relations
Another suicide bombing of Shias in Pakistan
Why don't black Americans swim?
With US going, Iran and Turkey compete for influence in Iraq

[The Grey Badger]

IN may day you could not graduate from the California public school system without passing a swimming test. As I recall, our high school class had to go down en masse to the Fleischacker Baths,which were cold seawater, for the lessons.

I think swimming is a survival skill everyone should have to learn.

[ridgel]

Airlines also are regaining some pricing power:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... are05.html

There was an article a few days ago about movie theaters selling fewer tickets at higher prices.

Higher end clothing retailers like Nordstroms have been doing well lately.

Apparently the concentration of wealth has reached the point where you don't need the mass market to thrive. If 20% of the people have 80% of the wealth, you can do just fine selling to them, even with 10% unemployment.