The fascinating bit to me was that they axed the whole onion futures market vs just adding guardrails against predatory trading.
Then again... this was the 1950s and paper contracts, so US market intervention or not was more stark.
And also Eisenhower was likely more concerned about whether the USSR was going to nuke the US and if China was going to try to invade Taiwan for a third time.
Then again... this was the 1950s and paper contracts, so US market intervention or not was more stark.
And also Eisenhower was likely more concerned about whether the USSR was going to nuke the US and if China was going to try to invade Taiwan for a third time.