The Great Egg Fleece: A Cartel, Not a Virus
In late 2024 and early 2025 Americans paid record prices for a dozen eggs — $6 and up, with empty shelves, buying limits, and restaurant surcharges. The story you were told was bird flu. The fuller story is a cartelized market that used a crisis as cover. This is the enshittification of the American breakfast. […]
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