but there is a lot of confusion going on. Haiti is a basket case. It shares an island with the Dominican Republic, which, though it can't afford SUVs in exurbia, is far FAR better off. Nothing and nobody can help Haiti if they cannot fix some fundamental political problems first.

The rice shortage was triggered by drought and exacerbated by panic buying. Maybe you could make the case that the drought was either caused or strengthened by global warming. But that isn't specifically the Administration's fault or Wall Street's, though they must take their share of blame: it's all of us for being so profligate with fossil energy and a diet heavy on cheap meat.

Most of the food shortage issue is driven by rising standards of living in China and India. Etc etc. Using too broad a brush is not conducive to making real progress.