Why the Rockefeller Foundation uses futures markets. (includes related article)

From: Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa) | Date: January 1, 1989| Author: Quinn, Lawrence R. | Copyright information

Why the Rockefeller Foundation uses futures markets

Futures and options can help end poverty in America's inner cities, improve family food production systems in Africa and stop diseases throughout the Third World.

Those would be no small accomplishments--and that's just the beginning. The way Jack R. Meyer sees it, dozens, maybe even hundreds, of major scientific and social projects may benefit from the derivative markets in the years ahead. These programs could ...

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