The first economist, Scotland’s Adam Smith, had it right almost 250 years ago when, as writer Eric Schlosser notes in the foreword of an important new book by Iowan Austin Frerick, that “… merchants ...

“Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry,” by Cedar Rapids author Austin Frerick explores the intersections of American agriculture that have been ruled by an increasingly ...

Julie Duhn remembers her first time kayaking mostly for its aftermath. When Duhn retired from her office job, she decided to start experimenting with the sport at Pine Lake State Park, near her home ...

A seventh generation Iowan who’s an agricultural and anti-trust research fellow at Yale University is back in Iowa this week talking about his book that’s focused on monopolies and tycoons in the food ...

Food prices continue to rise but farmers aren’t receiving a larger cut of the profits. Who’s making all that money? An Iowa author spoke with Our Quad Cites News via Zoom to explain. Austin Frerick, ...

Cedar Rapids native Austin Frerick, published his debut book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry. The book explores the domination that a handful of companies have over ...

Author Austin Frerick will talk about his book "Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry," from 6:30-8 p.m. April 9 at North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, room ...

In this eye-opening debut study, Frerick, an agricultural policy fellow at Yale University, reveals the ill-gained stranglehold that a handful of companies have on America’s food economy. Tracing the ...

Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry, by Austin Frerick, Island Press, 248 pages Austin Frerick declares himself surprised to find conservatives among his allies in his ...