Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2026-10-02
Books mentioned on 689. Here’s Why Your Hamburger Just Got So Pricey
An economist calls America’s beef industry a “miracle.” An antitrust scholar calls it “broken.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Jungle
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a 1906 novel exposing the harsh and unsanitary working conditions within Chicago's meatpacking industry during the Gilded Age.
Discussed“So, you're back, if you will, to The Jungle. The Jungle is Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, an expose of the harsh work conditions in Chicago's meat packing industry.”
Where to get it
