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Blog01/19/2007Jeffrey A. Tucker

The U.S. subsidizes ethanol. Corn prices go up. The new prices hit Mexicans hard. The prez slaps on price controls and threatens speculators.

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Microsoft Accused of "Predatory Pricing" on Security

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Blog07/08/2006Robert Blumen

This week's eWeek features an article Microsoft Security Pricing: Predatory or Correctional?.

The problem, it seems, is that MS has priced its security products "way below fair market value...

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"Price Gouging": Setting the Record Straight

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Blog05/07/2006George Reisman

The Washington Post reports that the House of Representatives this week overwhelmingly passed a measure imposing severe penalties for "price gouging," an alleged phenomenon it was unable...

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Price Controls in Argentina, Again!

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Blog04/04/2006Jeffrey A. Tucker

The New York Times ran a just-the-facts story about Argentina's increasingly egregious price controls—beginning in browbeating, moving to controls on beef, spreading to all consumer goods, and...

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Why not double the price?

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Blog12/19/2005Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Tim Harford offers an interesting analysis of the great XBox shortage of 2005. They are selling for $300, except that they are not selling because there is a massive shortage. He asks the question: why doesn't Microsoft raise the price to $...

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Gasoline in California

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Blog11/28/2005 Mises.org

From Mike Davis:

With the rise of gas prices above the $3 a gallon psychological level, and the record quarterly profits of Exxon Mobil, accusations of price fixing, price gouging and profiteering abound. Big-oil CEO's have been called before a...

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Only We Are Allowed To Practice Price Fixing: Samsung Edition

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Blog10/14/2005Skip Oliva

Samung to pay $300M fine for DRAM price fixing, Penalty is second largest criminal antitrust fine in U.S. history:

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary Samsung Semiconductor Inc. have...

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Concise Guide to Price Gouging

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Blog09/02/2005B.K. Marcus

6. Price Gouging

Price gouging -- charging higher prices under emergency conditions -- evokes strong emotional...

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How to know that the price is too low

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Blog08/17/2005Jeffrey A. Tucker

Thousands show up for computer sale: People trampled, beaten with a folding chair. A woman urinating on herself. The police called, then themselves calling for backup. All to get a bargain.

The...

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Price Spreads and Brokers

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Blog03/24/2005Robert P. Murphy

On a recent visit to San Jose State University, I sat in on a Money & Banking lecture by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel. (I am assuming he doesn't mind me discussing this here...) He drew a supply-and-demand diagram for the housing market, and said that due to transactions costs, the number of...