After the 2008 – 2009 food crisis, an academic debate emerged surrounding the question if financial speculation on foodstuffs (FSF) can affect the spot prices of food. This thesis consists of a...Show moreAfter the 2008 – 2009 food crisis, an academic debate emerged surrounding the question if financial speculation on foodstuffs (FSF) can affect the spot prices of food. This thesis consists of a critical interpretive synthesis of the academic literature on FSF. It analyses studies which have been instrumental in shaping the debate surrounding FSF according positionality theory guidelines in a meta-data analysis. The results of the meta-data analysis are then compared in a refutational synthesis, which concludes that the scholars which claim that FSF can affect food prices presented the more compelling argumentation according to positionality theory.Show less
