Food Inflation: The Weather is Not The Real Cause

 

Of course they talk about the factors that are responsible for (food inflation) but not once they mention central banks and money printing. They never mention the real cause of the inflation, they always want to blame it on the weather, or disease as if disease and bad weather is something unique to 2014. We always have this kind of stuff. Farmers have been complaining about the weather probably since the first farmer!

Peter Schiff is a well-known commentator appearing regularly on CNBC, TechTicker and FoxNews. He is often referred to as "Doctor Doom" because of his bearish outlook on the economy and the U.S. Dollar in particular. Peter was one of the first from within the professional investment field to call the housing market a bubble. Peter has written a book called "Crash Proof" and a follow-on called "The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets". He is the President of EuroPacific Capital, which is a brokerage specializing in finding dividend-yielding, value-based foreign stocks.