Foundation for Economic Education

Why does a gallon of milk or a carton of eggs cost so much more today? If you ask politicians, they’ll tell you it’s all down to "corporate greed." But if you actually look at the math, grocery stores operate on razor-thin 1% to 2% profit margins. Cutting out the middleman won't save your wallet, the real culprit is decades of financial cholesterol. Guest host @MightyHeaton breaks down how supply, demand, and hidden policy costs are really messing with your grocery bill.

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Politicians keep trying to interfere in the market. fee.org/articles/price…

"Conservatives often criticize Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani for believing that government should direct private economic decisions. Yet when President Donald Trump recently warned gasoline retailers to lower their prices, or face “big problems,” he embraced a remarkably similar premise: that politicians should pressure private businesses to charge prices that the government considers acceptable. According to a recent Fox News report, President Trump demanded that gasoline retailers immediately lower their prices, renewing his call for $2.50 gasoline. On Truth Social, he urged retailers to “DROP YOUR PRICE FOR OUR GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE!” and warned that if they failed to do so, “big problems lie ahead.” - Ninos P. Malek

“The market economy is a system of consumers’ supremacy.” - Ludwig von Mises

Mises. ✍🏻

A genuine commitment to free markets or free enterprise means more than praising capitalism in speeches.

“The ‘Keynesian Revolution’ will appear as an episode during which erroneous conceptions of the appropriate scientific method led to the temporary obliteration of many important insights.” - Friedrich Hayek 🤔

"Under socialism, the abolition of private property in the means of production destroys the very concept of capital as a calculable value." - Deborah Palma

"The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell." - Karl Popper 👀

Digital currencies issued by central banks may seem modern and efficient, but they come with a hidden cost.

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"The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics [scarcity]." - Thomas Sowell

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"From Marx to socialists of the present day, conflict is everything. If it’s not present, they will invent it." - @LawrenceWReed1

"Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." - John Stuart Mill 🧠

Every voluntary exchange creates value for both parties.