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The Same Financial Firms Responsible For Our Economic Crisis Are Driving Us Toward a Global Food Disaster

Tina Gerhardt, AlterNet. June 9, 2011.

Investors are involved in massive land grabs in Africa that may cause destabilization of food prices, mass displacement and environmental damage.

Why BP's Dumb Investors Need to Stop Crying

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. June 22, 2010.

Whenever greens or ethical investors warned them about BP's cavalier behavior, instead of thanking them, the big fund managers reacted with hostility.

Woman Sees Her Home Confiscated Over a Water Bill

Fred Schulte, Ben Protess, Lagan Sebert, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. June 6, 2010.

Vicki Valentine lost the two-story brick row home after the city sold her debt to investors through a contentious and byzantine legal process called a "tax sale."

If the Economy's So Much Better, Why Are Stores Giving Away Stuff Practically for Free?

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 31, 2009.

Staples is selling school supplies for a quarter. That doesn't seem like a good sign.