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Price Controls Are Bad -- No Matter Demands Them Sep. 26, 2024
Price controls remain bad policy whether proposed by people we like or do not like, whether by Democ... Read More
Tax Cuts for Business? Corporate Price Gouging Contributes Mightily to Inflation May. 12, 2022
The approaching midterm elections are giving Republicans lots of opportunities to bash the Biden adm... Read More
The Inflation Blame Game May. 04, 2022
The problem with our so-called "free market" is that it's not free for you and me. It's largely cont... Read More
Uber Clueless Apr. 20, 2022
The media's ignorance about basic economics is galling. I expect it from politicians. I expect it fr... Read More
Prisons Share Blame for Cellphones in the Cellblock Dec. 07, 2021
Guards found 26 cellphones and chargers stashed inside five basketballs tossed over a barbed-wire fe... Read More
Price Gouging in a Time of Crisis Mar. 21, 2020
We live in strange times these days. Nearly every American's life has been upended by something we c... Read More
Price Gouging Mar. 18, 2020
"We don't have any...!" Fill in the blank. People are stocking up on things, fearing that we will b... Read More
Supply and Demand, Hoarding, Price Gouging -- and the Coronavirus Mar. 12, 2020
As the saying goes, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes." I would add, "and anti-price gouging l... Read More
Drug Price Gouging: An American Story Jul. 16, 2019
To be American is a wonderful thing most of the time. There are moments, however, when it is downrig... Read More
Price Gouging During a Natural Disaster Oct. 24, 2018
Thirteen states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Yo... Read More
Prices Should Rise Sep. 19, 2018
Officials in states hit by Hurricane Florence are on the lookout for "price gouging." People who en... Read More
Government Barriers to Private Solutions Sep. 07, 2017
Americans are witnessing the power of private individuals and businesses to solve pressing problems ... Read More
Harvey Reveals the Limits of Limited Government Sep. 03, 2017
Texans are great believers in free enterprise, private property and small government. They elect lea... Read More
Price Gouging Aug. 30, 2017
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is upset about "price gouging" during hurricane Harvey. Some store... Read More
Could California Lower Drug Prices for Us All? Sep. 27, 2016
California may soon drive a hole through Washington's tolerance for — and protection of —... Read More
How Big Pharma Is Trying to Improve Its Image Feb. 17, 2016
Big news, people! Especially for those of you upset by the skyrocketing prices of the essential pres... Read More
Don't Thank Obama for Cheap Oil Jan. 19, 2016
The big fall-off-your-chair moment during President Obama's State of the Union address came when he ... Read More
Drug Price Gouging a Product of Our Political System Oct. 01, 2015
If Hollywood had created Martin Shkreli as the monster from Wall Street, we would have accused it of... Read More
Put the Taxi Cartel in the Rearview Mirror Feb. 20, 2014
If driving a taxi in Chicago is your dream job, have I got a deal for you. You get to fight traffic,... Read More
