The Land of Gauguin

For this 25 th Economic coffee

Thursday 20 December 2012 19h15 Café du Centre in Pont-Aven.

Moderated by Jean Yves Yhuel, Purchasing Manager Sales agricultural commodities to the coop St Yvi.

 

"The price of agricultural commodities, speculation ... or how to make the cake without wheat. »

The agricultural futures markets took off in the United States in the late 19th century, farmers could have sold their crop before sowing, an alternative to the banking system.

The practice continues with modernized forms only

and is still closely linked to the Chicago.

What could be more tempting than playing with dummy values ​​for wheat speculators who had no other smell than money.

All raw materials are affected by this practice, claim markets operate and the best allocation of resources is it based ?

Speculation on raw materials it may jeopardize world supplies ?

Or, a joke, can you make the cake without wheat ? In more ways than one!

 

 

Economic Cafés future ahead

Thursday 17 January 2012 19h15 Poulguin Moulin du Grand Pont-Aven

Universal possible future allocation?

 

Possible themes:

* The "sardine" local currency Concarneau

*Labor law obstacle to prosperity?

* Value creation ... sacred business.

* Exchange between reason and unreason or should integrate scholarship to the French game?

*What does having a heritage ?
* Monetary regulation, money, currency, single currency ... confidence in the currency.
* Evaluation of public policies.
* Market volatility, market regulations in the globalization ....