The Battle for Food, Oil and Water

Uncertainty pervades the global economy, and the world’s most powerful leaders, bankers and industrialists admit that the complexities of the global financial system present many unknowns. As bankers study the financial connections, politicians examine the challenges confronting the world’s poorest people, including shortages and rising costs of water, food and energy. Population growth contributes to economic growth, which creates new wealth, but also inevitably leads to shortages of nonrenewable resources. Political and economic leaders familiar with history know all too well how scarcity of such basics can contribute to dangerous conflicts, both inside and among nations. – YaleGlobal