Comments on: Onions, oil, speculators, congress http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/07/01/onions-oil-speculators-congress/ Commentary on Economics, Information and Human Action Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:58:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: NEMA Currents Blog http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/07/01/onions-oil-speculators-congress/#comment-8764 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:16:50 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=4873#comment-8764 [...] provided by energy futures markets could have the same consequences as the Congressional ban on onion futures trading did back in the 1950s. Posted 10 Jul 2009 3:13 PM by Brian Lego Filed [...]

]]> By: CFTC to consider position limits on energy futures contracts « Knowledge Problem http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/07/01/onions-oil-speculators-congress/#comment-8711 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:42:42 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=4873#comment-8711 [...] did back in the late 1950s – was intended to reduce price volatility in onion markets.  Evidence is that it didn’t work.  I’m not familiar with all the details of the literature on futures trading in agricultural [...]

]]> By: Conant Webb http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/07/01/onions-oil-speculators-congress/#comment-8647 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:38:11 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=4873#comment-8647 See Jerry W Markham, Manipulation of Commodity Futures Prices — The Unprosecutable Crime, 8 Yale J on Regulation 281, 318-319 (1991) for a brief discussion of the enforcement actions said to have motivated congress.

]]> By: Craig Pirrong http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/07/01/onions-oil-speculators-congress/#comment-8643 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:34:10 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=4873#comment-8643 Michael–

Re your request, the book by Brokers, Bagmen, and Moles by David Greising and Laurie Morse has a nice (popular) discussion of this, as I recall. I also think that Bob Tarkin’s The Merc: The Emergence of a Global Financial Powerhouse” might also have some discussion of it.

Good post, BTW.

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