U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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Title: Financial Speculation in Commodity Markets: Are Institutional Investors and Hedge Funds Contributing to Food and Energy Price Inflation? |
Date: 5/20/08 |
Time (EST): 10:30 AM |
Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342 |
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Member
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Witnesses
Testimony
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Panel 1
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Jeffrey H. Harris
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, Chief Economist
, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Michael W. Masters
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, Managing Member and Portfolio Manager
, Masters Capital Management, LLC
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Thomas J. Erickson
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, Chairman
, Commodity Markets Council
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Benn Steil
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, Ph.D.
, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
, Council on Foreign Relations
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Tom Buis
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, President
, National Farmers Union
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