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You might want to start stockpiling food, says WSJ
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4-23-2008 1:00 AM
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Food prices are going up faster than any of your investments are gaining value... so you might want to invest in, say, rice, or dried pasta. "Wheat prices have roughly tripled in the last three years."
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4-26-2008
5:32 PM
AcesLucky
And... it's going to get worse.
4-26-2008
5:40 PM
jatfla
By doing so in the West, you will bring about that very thing you don't want to happen....a self-fulfilling prophesy.
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