It all started with a single book, dropped into a McDonald's Happy Meal.

That led to over 160 million books, and counting.

That's a lot of books, and a lot of bedtime stories.

That's just one way we change a little, change a lot.

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When the world is normal and eggs are not comically expensive, Dr. Jada Thompson is not being pestered by reporters. Never. You know, my joke has been that I am important for this two seconds, and I will fade into

obscurity again. Thompson is an associate professor at the University of Arkansas, and maybe every so

often she gets a call about the Arkansas poultry industry. But it's not like this. This is insane. Off the charts. This is the

most media I have ever done in my career. And the thing you have to understand about eggs is that they

are, in economic terms, inelastic. Think of it this way. Usually, when the

price of something is high, you get less of that thing for your money, something economists call

shrinkflation. That's just not how eggs work. You can't shrink flate a carton of eggs. And so I'm going to see the price change very

drastically in my face. To $599 or $6.99. And granted, I live in New York City, but I saw

regular old eggs for $9.99 a dozen this week. The ongoing bird flu is ravaging the chicken population, driving up egg prices from about

$2 for a dozen eggs last fall to now $8.

A growing number of restaurants are now adding an additional charge for eggs.

A nationwide egg shortage spurred by avian flu outbreaks, now forcing some eateries to

charge customers egg surcharges to offset some of the higher pricing.

The prices are really high.

Caircity, $10 a carton?

I got to really think twice about that.

And guess what?

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