A banana pricing story.
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JeromeBarry1
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Except when I clicked the link it didn't work.
The bottom line is that the price trend of bananas is relentlessly downward. At the average American income of $21.58, the time cost of a banana is 25 seconds.0 -
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History of the banana market is not pretty, though.
Here's a review of How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World, by Peter Chapman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/books/review/Kurtz-Phelan-t.html?_r=0
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This lady is a big fan of banana pricing. It's how she ripped off the grocery store for a few hundred bucks (but got caught). http://m.norwichbulletin.com/article/20111015/NEWS/3101599661
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