Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Thailand: Trading Rice for Iranian Oil

Behold the latest bizarre combination of food crisis, energy crisis, globalization, and money/credit crisis. The result? We're back to the barter system. Or Thailand is, anyway. It's going to trade its rice for oil from Iran. Yes, really.

(Does this mean I'll face shortages here of my beloved Thai jasmine rice? Nooooooooooooo!)

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