Much of the press believed the 2022-25 spike in egg prices was mere supply and demand. Now that the industry has settled with DOJ and state AGs, our suspicions proved warranted.
Claire Kelloway
Claire Kelloway is the food program manager at the Open Markets Institute.
Posted inMagazine
How to Bring Down Grocery Prices
The Defense Department has long operated discount supermarkets, called commissaries. Military families love them. A civilian equivalent could deliver more affordable groceries to hard-pressed Americans, at little to no cost to taxpayers.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
Unscrambling the Price of Eggs
Yes, bird flu is a factor, but so is greedflation.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
Greenwashing Big Ag
A bipartisan law claiming to tackle greenhouse gas emissions instead just helps the agriculture industry launder its reputation.
Posted inPolitics
The Tricky New Way That Big Ag Is Getting Farm Data
How private carbon payment programs are giving commodity buyers precious information used to squeeze farmers.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
More Trouble with Big Chicken
Prominent news outlets are echoing this magazine’s longtime crusade against monopolism in the poultry industry. Now, Cargill and Continental Grain seek further consolidation.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
What Biden’s Antitrust Order Does for Farmers
It could spell the end of prohibitions on repairing farm equipment, imposing non-compete clauses, and other Big Ag abuses.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Meatpacking Monopolism: Cyberattacks and America’s Concentrated Beef Industry
Packers have been attacked by ransomware, but the larger feedlot-to-plate problem is a lack of competitiveness.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
A California Bill Would Help Fast Food Workers and Hold Corporations Accountable
These workers face low wages, lousy conditions, and a monopoly system that puts the squeeze on them.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Now Monopolies Are Crushing the Online Grocery Business
A boom in home deliveries is predatory prey for Uber, Softbank, and others.
