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Well... There was definitely a direction of change that happened (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In addition to the WWII rations and OPA stuff that others have mentioned, there was a fair amount of general deflationary pressure during the Great Depression in the 1930s.

I haven't looked at what happened to sugar specifically.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

Later on, after the Cuban Revolution I know we subsidized sugar partly out of spite for Cuba. That would not be at play here though.