Middle East
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Author: NYTimes.com - Paul Krugman
7 Feb 2011
Droughts, Floods and Food
The consequences of this food crisis go far beyond economics. After all, the big question about uprisings against corrupt and oppressive regimes in the Middle East isn t so much why they re happening as why they re happening now. And there s little question that sky-high food prices have been an important trigger for popular rage