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Hungry for power: financialization and the concentration of corporate control in the global food system (2023)
Journal Article
Keenan, L., Monteath, T., & Wójcik, D. (2023). Hungry for power: financialization and the concentration of corporate control in the global food system. Geoforum, 147, Article 103909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103909

The global food system is in crisis. Climate change, ecological degradation, and economic and military conflict have exposed significant vulnerabilities in how the world produces, distributes, and consumes food. While governments aim to address these... Read More about Hungry for power: financialization and the concentration of corporate control in the global food system.

The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) (2023)
Journal Article
Keenan, L., & Wójcik, D. (2023). The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Environment and Planning A, 55(6), 1618-1627. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X231190091

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are on the rise. Interlocking processes of globalization and financialization have increased their attractiveness and incentivized an upward spiral of M&A activity in recent years. This rise is profoundly spatial, as M... Read More about The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As).