Wang Chuanyan: "Who is the highest price?"

Last year, a pound of eggs was equal to three pounds of green onions; this year, a pound of onion equals two pounds of eggs. "The price of green onion" affects the nerves of consumers, and many people complain that "more than ten dollars will buy two onions." The reporter learned that the current high price of scallions is the result of factors such as climate and planting scale. With the warming of the climate and the expansion of the planting scale, “high price” will not disturb the people for too long. (Beijing Morning Post (Weibo), March 14)

"Ten dollars and two green onions" are actually making consumers groaning when prices are skyrocketing. So what lies hidden behind the market, or how many happy families are behind the "high price"? Since last year, the speculation on various types of agricultural products can be described as "one after another, one after another." "Spicy garlic," "beans, you play," and "Gao Gaozong" have become synonymous with skyrocketing prices in public drama. People are jokingly charged with the spirit of self-deprecating and entertaining. In fact, this is a matter of skyrocketing prices. Self-deceived. Today, the "big onion" turned out undoubtedly added a member of this "entertainment family".

In accordance with the role of the law of market value, the rise in the price of a commodity is generally no more than two reasons. One reason is the reduction in supply, and the other is the sharp increase in consumption. On the other hand, for green onions, it is a necessity of life. Like salt, it is a commodity that lacks elasticity in the consumer market. That is, the price reduction will not cause the extreme increase in demand. Similarly, the increase in the price will not bring about a sharp drop in consumption. Therefore, judging from the current situation, the reason for the “high price” is the reduction in supply, and this is also accompanied by the suspicion that there is no shortage of traders to speculate, and that the reduction in weather and planting value has caused a temporary “price”. Pattern.

Behind this pattern, besides consumers themselves, they have to face such “high price”, and they must increase their spending on consumer spending. For growers, it is far from good. As the saying goes, "gravy injury to farmers", that is, the decline in crop prices will directly harm the interests of farmers. However, the temporary increase in the price of crops cannot directly increase the benefits to farmers because the growers have not received higher prices in the acquisition of green onions, and the short-term price increase will give farmers a wrong message. It is profitable to grow green onions, so many farmers have swarmed. As a result, it is inevitable that the increase in the number of welsh onions will lead to a drop in their prices and hurt their own interests.

It can thus be seen that behind the “high price of onions”, it is not only the consumers themselves who are upset but also the interests of the majority of growers. Because the market economy has the characteristics of spontaneity, if the government does not have an active role in the process of abolishing information asymmetry and allows growers to make self-adjustment, it can only follow the one-by-one boat in Wang Yang.

Therefore, for “high price”, government departments, especially the price department, must issue necessary measures to intervene on the one hand, and on the other hand carry out price publicity. On the one hand, it knows rational consumer consumption. Secondly, local governments should also take active actions in planning and protecting the interests of cultivating onion peasant households. In order to prevent the emergence of “glutinous crops” from farmers, promptly introduce measures to intervene promptly and early to ensure that the basic interests of farmers are not affected. Injury and necessary guidance for planting, guide its rational planting, rational planting.