
Ep. 12: Futures Markets in Agriculture
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Flaw in Logic in Futures Trading in Agriculture
Futures trading in agriculture had been blanket banned in 1952 or something like that. In 2003, they figured out the fault in the logic and regulated futures markets. Futures are pro-farma because they allow... They're a key risk management tool for a farmer to know how much coffee will fetch me when I'm going to harvest it now.
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