Cereal numbers: the fall in food prices
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The worst predictions for costs have not come to pass, partly because Russia is selling plenty of wheat. But plenty of food-price woe may still await. We examine the curious re-appearance of the polio virus in the West. And the trials of “Pink Sauce” reveal the perils of being a cottage-food producer—or consumer—in the social-media age.
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| 1:01.5 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. |
| 1:04.1 | In New York, I'm John Fasten. |
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| 1:11.3 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:21.0 | Domestic transmission of polio in America ended in the late 1970s, just 25 years after the vaccine was developed. |
| 1:24.3 | But the disease has returned in Britain and America. |
| 1:27.9 | We'll discuss why and how concern you should be. |
| 1:36.7 | And you might have heard of Pink Sauce, an eminently Instagramable product born in a TikTokers' kitchen. |
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