Is it time to consider investing in so-called “Frankenfoods?” Jason Simpkins in Money Morning thinks so...

Instead of getting any closer to resolution, the conflict between the government and the Argentine farmers worsens with each passing day. The government does not seem to understand that the situation is more than simply a conflict with a particular sector, for Argentine society as a whole is against the current policy being waged by the government.

While the US and most of Asia struggle to put the inflation geenie back in the bottle, David Stevenson in Money Week heaps praise on European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet, who is fast becoming the hero of inflation fighters everywhere…

Nixon and his advisors thought inflation at 4% was serious enough to institute price controls. Headline inflation in the US is now 4.2%. What kind of economic policy should we pursue to bring inflation back into the Fed's comfort zone of 1-2%? Would it work and would it be worth the pain?

U.S. farmers will produce 10% less corn this year than they did a year ago, driving demand to a 13-year low and further enflaming global rhetoric aimed at diversion of the staple crop for use in biofuels.