Starvation is part of the plan.

In these times of (impending? deepening? ending?) crisis the upper classes do two things. They turn on eachother (witness the scrap in the LP at the moment, for example) and tend to speak a damn sight clearer about their plans and interests. Thus in the FT yesterday,
"It should therefore not surprise us if prices rise a good deal more. In that case, more speculative money will go in, and will play a larger role in the rise itself. And, of course, more people in the poorest countries will starve. It is a potentially grim situation in which the world's wealthy must proceed very carefully."

It's long been a belief of those toiling away here in the REL offices, that hunger levels and starvation rates are a barometer for the capitalist class and mass starvation a deliberate policy choice. Inter alia, it tells them how well their policies are increasing inequalities (a good thing!) and satisfies some lizard-Malthusian sadism in the glass cages of their hearts. Of course, it means being on the look out for trouble and maybe getting shut of currencies belonging to the next riot torn IMF'ed and fucked up country, but as long as you 'proceed very carefully' the culling can be hurried along without too much bother - and who knows you could even make a bob or two.

How long will it be before someone responds to all this with a mighty and just wrath?