Boycott Brings Benefit

By Econ70 | 07/01/2011
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Sorry about not blogging yesterday; I was floating in the Dead Sea. As for the cottage cheese boycott; it’s over. Two days ago the largest dairy in Israel caved in to the nation-wide boycott and reduced the price by 21%. Not surprisingly hours later the second biggest dairy followed suit and soon after that Tara…

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Cottage Cheese Boycott

By Econ70 | 06/27/2011
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Greetings from Jerusalem! Amazingly, the big issue here is the high cost of cottage cheese! An 8 oz tub costs $2, twice the price it is in Europe. Consumers are outraged and are boycotting all cottage cheese. The high price is the result of a panoply of monopolies and cartels that dominate a wide range…

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