Excerpt from Food Prices in Perspective: A Summary Analysis Retail food prices in the United States rose an average of over 9 percent annually from 1973 to 1979. Examining why these increases occurred and what can be done to slow their rate of increase is the subject of this report. The authors conclude that substantially reducing the upward movement in food prices is going to require the same long-term effort needed for doing so in the economy generally. In addition, actions to reduce the volatility in commodity prices appear needed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.