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To understand the complexities of the international food market--and how traders in Chicago can cause Africans to starve--you could get a ph.D. in economics, or read a 400-page report from the World Bank. Or you watch this superb nine minute video, directed by Denis van Waerebeke . Though ostensibly created for a science show in Paris for 12 year olds, it's actually probably waaaay over a kid's head.
Infographic of the Day: How the Global Food Market Starves the Poor
Imagine you were perusing the classifieds and came across an ad that looked something like this: