price controls

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Our ‘public choice’ problem in Canada and the United States

In the U.S., mattress industry lobbyists obtained a 744 per cent tariff on foreign mattresses.


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Bad government policy made Venezuela’s downfall inevitable

According to the United Nations, 90 per cent of Venezuelan households are impoverished.


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Price controls and anti-gouging laws make matters worse

Letting the price of scarce goods rise forces us to use the limited supply of the good for the most important purposes.