We all know things are expensive in Alaska. How expensive? You can’t see the price tag, but my girlfriend – who is visiting there this week – reports that these rather weak (they’ve traveled far) looking bunches at a supermarket in Dutch Harbor (the Aleutian island home of “The Deadliest Catch” television program) went for a whopping $2.49 a pound. That’s more than triple what we’re paying these days in Los Angeles. Unhealthy snacks are even more costly: check out the Doritos.
Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman 
