A Bit of a No Brainer If You Ask Us. Cut off people’s food and you’ll see a lot of people rioting in the streets.
Egypt’s Unrest May Have Roots in Food Prices, US Fed Policy | CommonDreams.org
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WASHINGTON – Economists and experts in food security have warned repeatedly in recent years that an unbridled rise in food prices could trigger the very kind of explosion of citizen anger that’s now threatening to topple the Egyptian government. Such anger is likely to rise elsewhere, too.