- video excerpts from a democracy now interview -<div><br></div><div>speculating on food / wheat , creating an artificial &quot;demand shock&quot; - multiplying artificially by tenfold the price of wheat :<br><div><br></div>
<div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=ozQDHVuTiRA#t=238s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=ozQDHVuTiRA#t=238s</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_replication">replication</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leverage_(finance)">leveraging</a> :</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=ozQDHVuTiRA#t=391s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=ozQDHVuTiRA#t=391s</a></div><div><br></div><div>financial engineering tricks ? - example as I understand it ? :</div>
<div><br></div><div>using the ( artificially bloating ? ) markets ( such as food markets ) to attract cash from investors,</div><div>then leverage twenty fold,</div><div>then invest excess in treasuries,</div><div>then leverage the secure treasuries again,</div>
<div>then dispose the credit for their traders to speculate... ( and artificially increase prices of core necessities ? ... attract more cash to use from investor clients... and leverage again ? )</div><div><br></div><div>
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