It doesn’t involve more border patrol. Instead, policymakers need to address climate change and decades of bad U.S. foreign policy. By...

By the Green European Journal When headlines report shocks, whether war- or climate-related, this provides a context for price hikes on...

Following his 2022 book Price Wars, the sociologist and documentarian Rupert Russell speaks about how financial speculators have sown a...

By Rupert Russell 'On July 5, the markets admitted they made a mistake. Despite betting for months that the war in Ukraine would produce...

By Rupert Russell You can read Rupert's full piece in the print edition of Tribune Magazine.

By David Wallace Wells "And yet the story of even the last 15 years is not at all smooth sailing when it comes to food and hunger. In a...

Rupert Russell discusses 'Are Worldwide Bread Riots Already Here?' on Breaking Points with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti.

It’s tempting to believe high prices are all about price gouging. But the reality is far wilder. By Kate Aronoff. "The deregulation of...

Petroleum industry associated with wild price swings and armed conflict by Andre Mayer. "Take Russia. In his new book, Price Wars: How...

By Tom Perkins. "Another force in some commodity price spikes: Wall Street speculation. Commodity markets were once heavily regulated...

Rupert Russell and Isabella Weber discuss Russell’s book Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World and also the...

Rupert Russell appeared on the Realignment Podcast to discuss Price Wars and the war in Ukraine.

Ten page feature on Rupert in the print edition of Attitude Magazine (below). Online feature available here on their website.

By Tim Sahay. "Media coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has focused on Vladimir Putin’s desire to patch the Soviet Union back...

By Rupert Russell. The war in Ukraine has gone global. Spiking commodity prices are on track to see their sharpest rises since 1970, ...

In a new book, Rupert Russell lays out a connection between financial speculation, hunger, and war. Listen to the Deconstructed Podcast...

Sanctions and the new phase of economic combat by Dominik Leusder "The evolution of global finance in this period may have also ...

Look no further than your local supermarket or gas station: the price of food and oil is through the roof. According to the USDA,...

Finding paths around his “can’ts” helped this Harvard PhD discover just how much he can. By Rupert Russell “Please write down the words...

This week, Grace talks to writer and filmmaker Rupert Russell about how apparently random movements in prices, often driven by...