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The tale of the Onion King (Update)

Planet Money

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Introduction

The story behind the rise in onion prices is not just an inflation story. Their prices are actually more likely to fluctuate wildly because they have high price volatility. We will tell you just what it took for vince kasugo to become the onion king, and why his neighbors still resent iti's a story about a scheme that got so out of hand eventually the chicago river flowed with America's onions.

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