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Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All
Original: Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All Article URL: https://www. politico.com/news/magazine/202 6/10/18/egg-prices-cons
Politico Magazine reports that egg prices may have been driven up not only by avian flu and supply shocks, but potentially by coordinated behavior among major egg producers, reviving claims of a price-fixing arrangement. The piece ties the question to broader voter frustration over food affordability, and commentators are weighing whether past suspicions of collusion in the egg industry deserve renewed scrutiny.
Why now: Egg prices and affordability remain a hot political and consumer issue, and new reporting suggesting possible cartel behavior is drawing attention.
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