Scott Lincicome
Role at the time: Cato Institute trade and economics researcher
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Statement summary
Scott Lincicome says the collapse in egg prices fits a standard supply-and-demand framework and that any illegal behavior was not economically important.
“That doesn’t mean necessarily that there wasn’t illegal behavior going on, but not economically important behavior.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Scott Lincicome on the egg-pricing caseScott Lincicome quotation
POLITICO published this interview on October 18; it identifies the interview as taking place in the fall.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Lincicome allows that unlawful coordination may have occurred but minimizes its economic significance.