[scottlocklin]

Brought to you by the Louis Dreyfus company, Archer Daniels Midland, Monsanto, Bunge, Callebaut, Glencore, Armajaro and so on...

There's a great book "Merchants of Grain" written in the 70s about the secretive foods megabusinesses. It's arguably gotten worse since then. They make oil companies look like public servants.

[Aloha]

Oil Companies are at least marginally regulated.

[Spooky23]

Oil is always driven by the boom/bust cycle.

Food is worse as policy seeks to stabilize prices.