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Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All

A Politico Magazine piece revisits the 2025 spike in egg prices, arguing the industry-wide conspiracy claims once dismissed as crackpot may have had substance, with major producers accused of coordinating supply cuts that kept prices artificially high. The article frames the egg-price saga as a case study in the affordability concerns now dominating American politics, and readers are debating whether regulators looked the other way while consumers paid the price.

Why now: Egg prices remain a potent symbol of the wider affordability debate in American politics.

PoliticoUS egg industryCal-Maine FoodsUS Department of Justice

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