such as: A 2010 article in Harper's by Frederick Kaufman alleged that these Commodity Index funds were part of the global food crisis in 2008, including riots in 30 countries, a food price rise of 80 percent between 2005 and 2008, and an increased hunger rate.
Around 2007, she wrote an article for the Futures Industry Association trade magazine about the indexes.
She alluded to the theories of Milton Friedman, who believed that inflation was caused by "too many dollars chasing after too few goods".
She concluded that the indexes were apparently thus causing oil prices to rise.
Her article was dropped after a man from the FIA magazine showed it "to people around Washington" and told her it would be "politically explosive".