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Katya Schwenk: 我调查发现,少数几家公司控制了美国冷冻土豆市场,导致了价格操纵。这些公司通过名为Potato Track的数据共享平台,实现了默契的价格操纵。从2022年7月到2024年7月,土豆价格上涨了近50%,尽管公司最初以运营成本和供应链问题为理由为价格上涨辩护,但实际上成本下降后价格仍然居高不下。目前,针对这些公司的集体诉讼称,它们通过共享定价数据形成了一个卡特尔。我认为,如果反垄断执法力度不足,价格操纵行为得不到有效遏制,那么消费者很难在短期内买到更便宜的炸薯条。至少人们开始关注这个问题,这带来了一线希望。 Josh Saltzman: 作为一家酒吧的老板,我注意到土豆供应商同时以相同幅度涨价,这非常可疑。我在网上发推文表达了对土豆价格操纵的质疑,没想到引起了广泛关注,并被后来的诉讼引用。我希望通过大家的努力,能够改变这种不公平的局面,让消费者能够以合理的价格购买到冷冻土豆产品。

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The prices of all kinds of things have stayed stubbornly high even as inflation has cooled. And a spate of lawsuits point to algorithmic price fixing as the culprit. Just look at frozen potatoes.

This episode was produced by Peter Balanon-Rosen with help from Devan Schwartz, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Bpyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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