Equal Times
3. Februar 2021

Water futures: the latest battleground in the defence of the fundamental right to water
By Daiva Repeckaite

The volatility of stock market trading has made global headlines over the past couple of weeks thanks to the frenzy surrounding a US video games retailer. It’s a dizzying yarn of Reddit vigilantes taking coordinated action to bankrupt hedge funds that were short selling GameStop stocks, resulting in rollercoaster share prices, trading restrictions and US congressional hearings. It provides a stark illustration of the absurdity of the stock market, and yet, in early December 2020, the US state of California decided to allow water to become a tradable commodity. […]

Zum Artikel