Inflation didn’t eat your steak. A cartel did

Published January 23, 2026 7:00am ET



Once upon a time, you paid fifty bucks for a steak only if your waiter wore a tux. Now you pay it under fluorescent lights at the supermarket. 

That’s not inflation. That’s a Brazilian beef cartel squeezing American families. Here’s the part no one ever explains: 

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