What Do Watermelon Prices Have to Do With Putin’s War?

What Do Watermelon Prices Have to Do With Putin’s War?
People shop at a grocery store in New York City on May 31, 2022. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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Food prices are sky high. On a recent trip to the supermarket in America, I spent $30 on a watermelon. It was a heavy 23-pound melon, but it lightened my wallet more than expected.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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