Financial Speculation in Commodity Markets: Are Institutional Investors and Hedge Funds Contributing to Food and Energy Price Inflation?
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
10:30 AM
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Witnesses
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, Ph.D.
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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