In the City: Listen Now: Beak Capitalism from Odd Lots
Leaders with Francine Lacqua
Bloomberg
4.6 • 64 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
In this limited series, Odd Lots explains some of the thorniest issues facing the US economy through the medium of … chicken. Chicken occupies a unique position in the US diet, but issues facing the poultry industry illustrate wider points about the development of the US economy and the decisions being made about how it's structured and who benefits from it. So why has the chicken industry evolved in the way that it has? What’s been driving the price increases in eggs and meat? And what does it all say about things like inflation, the labor market and the nature of American capitalism?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Francine Lacqua, and I want to introduce you to beak capitalism. It's a special |
| 0:05.6 | limited series from our friends over at the Odd Lots podcast, where hosts Joe Vizenthal and Tracy |
| 0:11.2 | Alloway explore the U.S. economy through the medium of chickens. From what really caused the spike |
| 0:17.4 | in egg and chicken prices, to the chicken sandwich wars who actually invented the |
| 0:22.4 | chicken nugget, the relationship between farmers and their employers, concentration of market |
| 0:28.0 | power, what it all says about the nature of American capitalism, and so much more. |
| 0:32.8 | So if you're looking for something to binge this holiday season, stay tuned to listen to the trailer of |
| 0:38.0 | Big Capitalism. Then head on over to Odd Lots podcast to listen to all three episodes out now |
| 0:44.4 | wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:48.5 | Wings, nuggets, eggs, no matter the form, Americans love their chicken. |
| 0:53.9 | The chicken industry is one of the largest and most complex supply chains that America has. |
| 0:58.8 | These birds are big business, and we wanted to get to the bottom of it. |
| 1:02.3 | Welcome to Beat Capitalism, brought to you by OddLods. |
| 1:06.2 | In this special three-part series from Bloomberg Podcasts, we are going to examine some of the thorniest |
| 1:12.5 | issues facing the U.S. economy through the medium of this humble bird. |
| 1:17.2 | Examine. Get it? |
| 1:18.7 | So there's going to be chicken puns? |
| 1:20.2 | There are definitely going to be chicken puns. |
| 1:22.6 | We're going to be asking why the chicken industry has evolved the way that it has, and what |
| 1:27.4 | does it say about the American economy |
| 1:29.5 | that so many consumers are flocking to poultry? |
| 1:33.1 | There's another one for you. |
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