Record-breaking egg prices in recent years were blamed on an avian flu outbreak. But a recent <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/inside-the-egg-price-fixing-scandal-that-spiked-american-grocery-bills-4a919c51?st=bovQv1&reflink=article_copyURL_share?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Department of Justice complaint</a> spells out another cause: a scheme among some of America’s top egg producers to bid up the cost of eggs. WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/patrick-thomas?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Patrick Thomas</a> explains how they allegedly manipulated the “Wall Street of Eggs.” <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jessica-mendoza?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Jessica Mendoza</a> hosts.

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- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fQb0IxyPMNrLHPyRntVqs?si=48blEcWoTEKPeVZes69fig">An Eggspensive Dilemma</a>
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