The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies: The Rotten Egg Oligarchy

Published Mar 4, 2025

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Food System

Everyone’s talking about the cost of eggs. Eggs have often led the inflation charge, today costing over twice as much as just a few years ago. Meanwhile, bird flu has now jumped to commercial dairies, infecting dozens of farmworkers along the way. Disease experts warn that future mutations or viral reassortment with the seasonal flu could unleash the next global pandemic.

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