• The Price of Beef

  • Jan 18 2025
  • Length: Less than 1 minute
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  • Summary

  • In the US, the price of hamburger meat ended 2024 near a record high of $5.60 per pound. Is there a magic wand to solve the problem of high beef prices, as well as high pork and chicken prices? Yes, actually. Mark Thornton explains.

    Additional Resources

    "Where’s the Beef?" (Minor Issues Podcast): Mises.org/MI_36

    "Average Price: Ground Beef" (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000703112

    The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century by Mark Thornton: Mises.org/Curse

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