When the leader of the United Nation’s World Food Programme warned that a “silent tsunami” of hunger is sweeping the globe because of soaring food prices, a lot of folks probably viewed it as just another clever sound bite tossed off by a bureaucrat.

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the world’s leading petroleum exporter. Officially, it has reserves of about 260 billion barrels of crude oil – approximately 24% of the world’s total proven petroleum reserves.

Dollar plunges to another low. U.S. inflation numbers worse than expected…which rising prices are hurting wholesalers and consumers alike. Chris Mayer with an update on the biggest untapped oil patch in the lower 48. In 2007, hedge fund managers earned billions.

By bailing out Wall Street and applying “band-aids” to the economy, the U.S. Federal Reserve may well be causing its own downfall – even as it hastens the demise of the greenback as a viable global currency, investment guru Jim Rogers told Money Morning during an exclusive interview.

More bottoms than a burlesque show…rebounds that turn even base metals into precious ones.The fuzzy edges of a moral system…China! What to make of it? An intriguing investment – in Iceland…the crisis of the countryside arrives in the city…and more!