Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In 1989, a 20-minute trip to an ordinary Texas supermarket helped bring down the Soviet Union.
USSR reformer Boris Yeltsin walked into a Houston grocery store, saw shelves overflowing with food, and realized the central planning system he grew up with was a lie. Fast forward to today, and the very question Yeltsin thought was settled is being reopened. With grocery prices up over 30% since 2020, politicians are blaming "corporate greed" and promising to lower costs with state-owned, city-run grocery stores.
But is "Greedflation" actually driving up your food bill, or are we repeating the exact same central planning mistakes that failed in Rome, Venezuela, and the Soviet Union?
In this video, we break down the "time price" of food, how Washington printed $6 trillion in two years, and why state-run grocery stores fly blind without profit-and-loss signals.
đ° THE $1,000,000 AFFORDABILITY CONTEST! đ°
Think you know what's really behind the affordability crisisâor how to fix it? We are giving away $1 Million in prizes for the best insights, solutions, and explanations!
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Video Chapters
0:00 - The Grocery Store That Broke the USSR
1:49 - The New Trend: Government-Owned Grocery Stores
3:07 - The "Time Price" Explained
4:37 - What Actually Caused the Price Jump?
6:17 - The "Greedflation" Myth
7:35 - A Tale of Two Towns
8:41 - 4,000 Years of Price Control Failures (From Rome to Today)
10:07 - Why Government Stores ALWAYS Fly Blind
11:44 - WIN 1 MILLION DOLLARS!
#Economics #Groceries #Inflation #sovietunion #affordabilitycrisis #history #freemarket
In 1989, a 20-minute trip to an ordinary Texas supermarket helped bring down the Soviet Union.
USSR reformer Boris Yeltsin walked into a Houston grocery store, saw shelves overflowing with food, and realized the central planning system he grew up with was a lie. Fast forward to today, and the very question Yeltsin thought was settled is being reopened. With grocery prices up over 30% since 2020, politicians are blaming "corporate greed" and promising to lower costs with state-owned, city-run grocery stores.
But is "Greedflation" actually driving up your food bill, or are we repeating the exact same central planning mistakes that failed in Rome, Venezuela, and the Soviet Union?
In this video, we break down the "time price" of food, how Washington printed $6 trillion in two years, and why state-run grocery stores fly blind without profit-and-loss signals.
đ° THE $1,000,000 AFFORDABILITY CONTEST! đ°
Think you know what's really behind the affordability crisisâor how to fix it? We are giving away $1 Million in prizes for the best insights, solutions, and explanations!
đ Enter the contest here: milliondollarquestion.org
Video Chapters
0:00 - The Grocery Store That Broke the USSR
1:49 - The New Trend: Government-Owned Grocery Stores
3:07 - The "Time Price" Explained
4:37 - What Actually Caused the Price Jump?
6:17 - The "Greedflation" Myth
7:35 - A Tale of Two Towns
8:41 - 4,000 Years of Price Control Failures (From Rome to Today)
10:07 - Why Government Stores ALWAYS Fly Blind
11:44 - WIN 1 MILLION DOLLARS!
#Economics #Groceries #Inflation #sovietunion #affordabilitycrisis #history #freemarket
