The Price of Beef

In the US, the price of hamburger meat ended 2024 near a record high of $5.60 per pound. Is there a magic wand to solve the problem of high beef prices, as well as high pork and chicken prices? Yes, actually. Mark Thornton explains. Additional Resources "Where’s the Beef?" (Minor Issues Podcast): https://Mises.org/MI_36 "Average Price: Ground Beef" (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000703112 The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century by Mark Thornton: https://Mises.org/Curse Register to attend Educating for Liberty: Mises Circle in Tampa, February 22, 2025, at https://Mises.org/Tampa25. Use promo code Minor25 for 10% off the ticket price. Enter the 2025 Bitcoin vs. Gold Prediction Contest at https://mises.org/form/bitcoin-gold--2025-entry Order a free paperback copy of Murray Rothbard’s What Has Government Done to Our Money? at https://Mises.org/IssuesFree Be sure to follow Minor Issues at https://Mises.org/MinorIssues.