Price Controls

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Jacob R. Swartz

Rent control always results in housing shortages and deteriorating housing stock. Governments and activists, unfortunately, never learn any lessons.

Isaac Deak

Progressives blame the free market for insulin prices and want to impose price controls. But, government regulation is to blame. 

Michael Rectenwald

Kamala Harris claims that she simply wants food prices to be lower. However, her de facto price fixing scheme would create food shortages and raise the real price of food. Of course, when that happens, Harris simply will blame capitalism.

Michael Njoku

As inflation gets worse in Nigeria, politicians call for price controls and other government interventions. Unfortunately, they never consider the option of free markets.