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63. shares in Shuanghui were revealed: Sharon Terlep, “Goldman Left
Out of Smithfield Deal,” Wall Street Journal, June  0 ,  0  3 , https://www.wsj
.com/articles/SB 000  4  4  78873  3893  04  78  9  3698  9  68.
64. conflicts in the securities business were a fact of life: Ibid.
6 . To minimize financial risk: Markus Henn, “The Speculator’s Bread—
What Is behind Rising Food Prices?” European Molecular Biology Organization
(EMBO) reports, , no. 4 (April  0 ):  96 – 30 , https://doi.org/ 0 . 038 /embor
. 0 . 38.
66. “virtual hoarding: “Testimony of Michael W. Masters, Managing
Member Portfolio Manager Masters Capital Management, LLC Before
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United
States Senate,” US Senate, June  4 ,  008 , 7 , http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/
_files/ 0  008 Masters.pdf; Sophia Murphy, David Burch, and Jennifer Clapp,
“Cereal Secrets: The World’s Largest Grain Traders and Global Agriculture,”
Oxfam, August  0 , https://www.oxfamamerica.org/static/oa 4 /cereal-secrets
.pdf.
67. pushed into poverty and malnutrition: “The Global Social Crisis:
Report on the World Social Situation  0 ,” United Nations,  0 , 63 , http:
//www.un.org/esa/socdev/rwss/docs/ 0 /rwss 0 .pdf; “Global Economic
Prospects: Commodities in the Crossroads  009 ,” World Bank,  009 , xii,  9 ,
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGEP 009 /Resources/ 0363 _Web
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68. not responsible for what happened: Frederick Kaufman, “How Gold-
man Sachs Created the Food Crisis,” Foreign Policy, April  7 ,  0 , http:
//foreignpolicy.com/ 0 / 04 / 7 /how-goldman-sachs-created-the-food-crisis
/; Deborah Doane, “What Goldman Sachs Should Admit: It Drives Up the
Cost of Food,” The Guardian, May  3 ,  0  3 , https://www.theguardian.com
/commentisfree/ 0  3 /may/ 3 /goldman-sachs-agm-drive-food-prices-up.
69. We were wrong to believe: Henn, “The Speculator’s Bread”; “Bill
Clinton: ‘We Blew It’ on Global Food,” CBS News, October  3 ,  008 , https:
//www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-clinton-we-blew-it-on-global-food/.
70. The only place you see a free market: Dan Carney, “Dwayne’s
World,” Mother Jones, July/August  99  Issue, http://www.motherjones.com
/politics/ 99 / 07 /dwaynes-world/.
7 . rationalize away once-important values: Sandel, What Money Can’t
Buy, chap. .
7 . higher rate of suicide: Wendy McIntosh et al., “Suicide Rates by Oc-
cupational Group— 7 States,  0 ,” Centers for Disease Control and Pre-

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