A disturbing story from Business Insider on the 25 countries that will be hit the hardest by a food crisis. At No. 25 is Venezuela. At no. 1 is Bangladesh.  India and China are in the bottom fifth of that group. Also in the group are Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Angola, Morocco…..and, surprise, Hong Kong.

BI seems to have jumped onto the apocalyptic bandwagon, with recent articles touting gold as a “non-money” speculation and a “Top 12” list of  places in which to hide, should the world go up in flames…

These same countries have been around for a while now.

So what is the media up to here? Preparing us…or, more likely, fueling speculation in commodities and foods?