Big Egg’s Price-Fixing Scandal

Record-breaking egg prices in recent years were blamed on an avian flu outbreak. But a recent Department of Justice complaint (wsj.com/business/retail/inside-the-egg-price-f…) spells out another cause: a scheme among some of America’s top egg producers to bid up the cost of eggs. WSJ’s Patrick Thomas (wsj.com/news/author/patrick-thomas?mod=WSJ_TJPOD) explains how they allegedly manipulated the “Wall Street of Eggs.” Jessica Mendoza (wsj.com/news/author/jessica-mendoza?mod=WSJ_TJ…) hosts.

Further Listening:

- Eggs Are Still Expensive. Is This Company to Blame? (open.spotify.com/episode/1HHKMOw7SQXKlMrguoZuR…)

- An Eggspensive Dilemma (open.spotify.com/episode/7fQb0IxyPMNrLHPyRntVq…)

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