See you December 1st!
The Daily Score will be a little slow in the next few days as our bloggers are out of the office for much of the week. We'll be back in full force on Monday though.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
And if you're looking for some Sightline reading (and viewing) to fill the time, here are few things to check out:
- Video: Alan Durning on Our Chance at a Clean, Green Economic Recovery
- Economic Turnaround Series
- Cap and Trade 101: A Climate Policy Primer
- Best of the Daily Score Series
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Food and Fuel
If you've driven by a gas station recently, you've probably noticed that gas prices are tumbling. What you may realize is that the prices of some food commodities -- corn in particular -- are falling at about the same pace. Take a look at the image below, which I've borrowed from tradingcharts.com, a veritable treasure trove of commodity price data.
Clearly, price movements in the two commodities have been quite comparable, particularly over the last two years. But experts are of different minds about why they've followed such similar trajectories.
