Don Mathews

Don Mathews teaches economics at Coastal Georgia Community College

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Mises Daily Don Mathews Aleksandra Dunaeva
Contrary to the many articles and studies, the price mechanism in the nursing market is not malfunctioning. It is working in textbook-like fashion. The increasing demand for nurses is driving nursing compensation up, which in turn is bringing more nurses into the market. Such is not the stuff of shortages but of market prices coordinating the allocation of scarce resources exceptionally well — and in reality, not just theory.
Mises Daily Aleksandra Dunaeva Don Mathews
Entrepreneurs are not easily thwarted by government intervention, writes Don Mathews. Sometimes entrepreneurs respond so creatively that they render the interventionist measure almost meaningless. A classic example of an entrepreneurial response to state-sponsored plunder is the case of the US anti-dumping tariff on imported shrimp. Total shrimp imports to the United States have increased by 14 percent since the tariff was imposed, while domestic shrimp prices have decreased by 9 percent. Also, US shrimp imports from the six countries targeted by the tariff have increased by almost 20 percent since the tariff was imposed.