{"id":3057,"date":"2011-02-20T05:25:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T12:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2011-02-20T07:57:10","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T14:57:10","slug":"global-review-a-new-global-food-crisis-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envirobeat.com\/?p=3057","title":{"rendered":"Global review: A new global food crisis looms"},"content":{"rendered":"
‘BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) — Soaring food prices, which the World Bank says have hit “dangerous levels,” have thrust the issue of food security sharply into the global spotlight over the past week.’<\/p>\n
Worth noting in this article is a counter charge to frequent critiques by Geithner and others of Chinese currency valuation policy:<\/p>\n
‘The U.S. Federal Reserve is driving up food prices by cranking up its dollar printing presses and devaluing its own currency. As the U.S. website of Business Insider puts it: “The food crisis is a dollar crisis.”<\/span><\/span>‘<\/p>\n