689. Here’s Why Your Hamburger Just Got So Pricey

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An economist calls America’s beef industry a “miracle.” An antitrust scholar calls it “broken.” Maybe they’re both right? SOURCES: Austin Frerick , agriculture antitrust expert, fellow at Yale University, author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry . Robert Hodgen , C.E.O. of King Ranch. Roger Horowitz , food historian, director of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society at the Hagley Museum and Library. Derrell Peel , Charles Breedlove…