Derivatives and Development A Political Economy of Global Finance, F

Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.

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Derivatives and Development

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A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty

Sasha Breger Bush

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Derivatives and Development

derivatives and development Copyright © Sasha Breger Bush, 2012.

First published in 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–33892–0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Breger Bush, Sasha. Derivatives and development : a political economy of global finance, farming, and poverty / by Sasha Breger Bush. p. cm. ISBN 978–0–230–33892–0 (alk. paper) 1. Derivative securities—Developing countries. 2. Finance—Developing countries. 3. International finance. 4. Agriculture—Economic aspects—Developing countries. 5. Economic development—Developing countries. 6. Developing countries—Commerce. I. Title. HG6024.D44B87 2012 332.64 57091724—dc23 2011051409 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: July 2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America.

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List of Figures

vii

List of Tables

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

1 Introduction

1

2 Derivatives and Development: Contemporary Applications

13

3 Coffee, Derivatives, and Income Security: Theory and Practice

51

4 Coffee, Derivatives, and Poverty: A Global Commodity Chain Approach

101

5 Derivatives and the Politics of Alternatives

151

6 Conclusions

185

Notes

195

References

221

Index

235

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