Cracking down on egg prices

Venezuela’s government faces a massive debt restructuring crisis, complicated by recent earthquake damage and a $240 billion debt load that dwarfs its $100 billion annual economic output. Meanwhile, the U.S. egg industry is undergoing a shift following a Justice Department settlement with three major producers accused of price-fixing; these companies must pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to resolve allegations of market manipulation. In the technology sector, the video game industry is experiencing significant downsizing, with Microsoft cutting thousands of jobs and Sony announcing a transition to digital-only game distribution by 2028. This shift toward digital platforms raises concerns about the loss of consumer surplus, as gamers lose the ability to own physical assets, resell games, or lend them to others, marking a broader decline in physical media ownership.