Speculators set up a casino where the chips were the stomachs of millions. What does it say about our system that we can so casually inflict so much pain, asks Johann Hari of the UK Independent?
Jul 122010
Speculators set up a casino where the chips were the stomachs of millions. What does it say about our system that we can so casually inflict so much pain, asks Johann Hari of the UK Independent?
Governments must have the right to regulate markets to ensure a sufficient supply of food at reasonable prices for everyone, says Subramaniam Pillay.
In the absence of price regulations in a “free market”, pharmacists and doctors are making excessive profits by marking up drug prices substantially, observes Zaheer Ud Din Babar. How can the poor afford such medicine?
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