boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRed Sea crisis from Houthi attacks hits world trade as cost of shipping soars by 170%english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down14
arrow-up1284arrow-down1external-linkRed Sea crisis from Houthi attacks hits world trade as cost of shipping soars by 170%english.elpais.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareeskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down10·1 year agoAnother convenient excuse for the hand of the free market to limit supply and jack up prices even further…
minus-squaremaniacal_gaff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down17·edit-21 year agoI mean, if buttholes are shooting missiles at boats, I think we’re beyond “convenient excuses.” Do you want to captain a ship through there by chance?
minus-squarehark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·1 year agoAny legitimate situation will be taken to gouge prices far beyond their actual additional costs. So yes, it is a convenient excuse.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoGoddamnit, Doritos are already over $5 a bag! And I’m not sure they come from the Red Sea…
Another convenient excuse for the hand of the free market to limit supply and jack up prices even further…
I mean, if buttholes are shooting missiles at boats, I think we’re beyond “convenient excuses.” Do you want to captain a ship through there by chance?
Any legitimate situation will be taken to gouge prices far beyond their actual additional costs. So yes, it is a convenient excuse.
Goddamnit, Doritos are already over $5 a bag! And I’m not sure they come from the Red Sea…