How We Report on Commodity Futures

Why consumer and market reports about cocoa's price surge miss the point

Note: I would be remiss not to mention why today’s piece is tardy, because it relates to a core argument about workers’ rights in the essay below. This morning, the highway outside my apartment was blocked by an official demonstration, which consisted of citizens marching along the major throughway with a police escort: from the upper end of Medellín’s …