How Goldman Sachs gambled on starving the world’s poor – and won

Johann Hari
If columnists came in colours, Hari wouldn't be of a grey hue
By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing. You're wrong. There's more. It turns out the most destructive of all their recent acts has barely been discussed at all. Here's the rest. This is the story of how some of the richest people in the world – Goldman, Deutsche Bank, the traders at Merrill Lynch, and more – have caused the starvation of some of the poorest people in the world, just so they could make a fatter profit.
Compare this to the more banker-friendly analysis in The Evening Standard
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