It might be different for some places but bananas are like 79 cents a bunch, and when you compare that to other fruits like apples and oranges, theyre a good deal
In: 1926
I don’t have a concise answer to your question because I’m not that smart, but if you want to go down a rabbit hole that they don’t teach about much in school, look up things like the history of the United Fruit Company, banana republics, banana massacre, etc. Our (the U.S.) government did, and continues to do, some shady shit in Central America and many other places around the world in the interest of corporate profits.
Banana Republic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic?wprov=sfla1
Banana massacre:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre?wprov=sfla1
United Fruit Company:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company?wprov=sfla1
Scroll down to the section titled “History in Latin America” and read from there. Pretty messed up.
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