Daily Archive: December 13, 2007

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Peak Corn

In 1974-2005 food prices on world markets fell by three-quarters in real terms … Since the spring, wheat prices have doubled and almost every crop under the sun—maize, milk, oilseeds, you name it—is at...

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French Lessons

France spent $3,464 per person on health care in 2004, compared with $6,096 in the United States, according to the World Health Organization. Yet Frenchmen live on average two years longer than American men...