Thu. 01/26 - Eggflation: Price-Gouging on Eggs and... Splash Mountain Water?

<p><strong><em>Is the huge increase in the price of eggs being caused by price-gouging and not avian flu? Plus, why we need to be paying attention to avian flu even beyond its relation to egg prices. And people are selling bottles of water from the recently-closed Splash Mountain on eBay.</em></strong></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.ridehome.info/show/kottke-ride-home/tue-1115-chimpstheyre-just-like-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">November 2022 episode on egg and chicken prices</a> (Cool Stuff Ride Home)</li><li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/high-egg-prices-should-be-investigated-us-farm-group-says-2023-01-20/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High egg prices should be investigated, U.S. farm group says</a> (Reuters)</li><li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/egg-prices-price-gouging-senator-jack-reed-probe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Egg price spike prompts demands for price-gouging probe</a> (CBS News)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://farmaction.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Farm-Action-Letter-to-FTC-Chair-Lina-Khan.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Letter to the FTC Chair</a> (Farm Action)</li><li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkydd/wtf-is-going-on-with-absurd-egg-prices-corporate-greed-group-says" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WTF Is Going on With Absurd Egg Prices? Corporate Greed, Group Tells FTC</a> (Vice)</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/25/18-a-dozen-how-did-americas-eggs-get-absurdly-expensive" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">$18 a dozen: how did America’s eggs get absurdly expensive?</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/britains-broken-egg-industry-shows-price-food-inflation-2022-12-19/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Britain’s broken egg industry shows the price of food inflation</a> (Reuters)</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/ThatWelshFarmer/status/1589897393054441473?s=20&amp;t=MtFgGYYWKs