I think you make my case.
That is exactly what I was trying to say.
We do not have a real decline in supply. We do not have a significant increase in demand.

Speculative money is playing on basic needs, and atificially raising prices, because it can. Enabling this one way price fixing, is the fact that the removal of margin restrictions, means that speculators can leverage incredible positions in the tradeable (necessary commodities of energy food water and shelter) positions of market ownership. All of this is being done without putting capital at risk.

I'm thinking that this subject may be too complex to discuss in forums. The concept falls too far from conventional belief. I'll leave the post in the hopes that at some point I won't be the only voice, and that one of my favorite economy gurus will pick up on the conspiratorial aspects by building a cohesive argument. It's beyond my ability to bring it all together in an emperical position.

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