Jason Margolis

Jason Margolis

Jason Margolis is a Boston-based reporter who regularly files stories throughout the U.S. about politics, economics, immigration issues, and environmental matters.

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The Costs of Food Worldwide, Part II

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Commodity prices have fallen by a third since record prices a year ago. Nowhere did prices go higher than in Zimbabwe — inflation was running at more than five-hundred-billion percent.

In part II of this podcast examining food prices worldwide, a visit to Zimbabwe, Italy, and Japan. And an overview of the economic forces driving the costs of raw food prices and the eventual costs once products reach our shelves.

Listen to Part I, The Costs of Food Worldwide.

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