Commentary of “60 Minutes” Broadcast 1 By Mitch Gurney, January 2009After watching a “60 Minutes” broadcast recently entitled, “Did Speculation Fuel Oil Price Swings.” I came away with the impression that deregulation of the commodity market had enabled major investment firms to control the price of oil despite the traditional economic principals of supply versus demand. If this is true, then this allows investment firms to have an unfair advantage in determining the commodities market, which