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Gastronomics
Alex Mayyasi
Asparagus, the War on Drugs, and Cheap Flights to Machu Picchu
SEP 30, 202643 MIN
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Description
Peru gets a lot more tourism from North America and Europe than you might expect for a country so far away. The hidden reason why? Asparagus. And the War on Drugs.
Show Notes "Going on Vacation to Peru? Thank Asparagus," Jonathan English, June 22, 2206 https://infrastory.substack.com/p/going-on-vacation-to-peru-thank-asparagus
"How the War on Drugs got us... blueberries," Erika Beras and Keith Romer, Planet Money https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/1242780124/blueberries-asparagus-cocaine-foreign-aid-usaid-war-on-drugs-peru-free-trade
"Airline premium cabins: Profitability at the front of the plane," Jake Hart and Ryan Mann, McKinsey, June 1, 2026 https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel/our-insights/Airline-premium-cabins-profitability-at-the-front-of-the-plane?hsid=353d6648-1afa-4fe0-a948-2b566d3637a3

