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		colpabar on May 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? For me the best part was everyone telling us that nothing like this was happening, that something like this wasn't even possible, that corporate greed could NEVER have ANYTHING to do with the price of everything going up.

wolverine876 on May 3, 2024 | [–]

In my personal experience, lots of people were talking about it, including the White House; there were articles in the NY Times about it, etc.

knowaveragejoe on May 3, 2024 | [–]

In the worst case scenario your suspicions explain ~20% of price increases, so let's not get carried away with "I told you so"s.

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