Price controls
Stossel: NY Strangles Small Business
Keeping up with New York regulations is enough to shut down some businesses.
There's No Such Thing as a Free Ride
Dynamic tolling is no more "price gouging" than any time prices go up because of a scarcity of supply.
Venezuelan Price Controls Lead to Predictable Shortages
Venezuelan grocery stores have products shoppers don't want.
Forget Price Gouging: Businesses React Altruistically To Disasters
From Walmart to Uber to AirBnB, businesses should be lauded for their generosity and effectiveness in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey.
Laws Against 'Gouging' Are Simplistic and Wrong
So-called price gouging helps send important signals to buyers and sellers.
President Trump: Pharmaceutical Price Controls Are a Bad Idea
Americans would save some money now, but at the long-run cost of sicker and shorter lives
Trump and Medicare Drug Price Controls: New at Reason
The unintended consequences to Americans' lives and health would be substantial and bad
Price Controls Will Slow Drug Innovation
Ballot box is the wrong place to debate drug-price intricacies, in California or anywhere else.
Should Women Be Allowed to Charge What the Market Will Bear for Their Eggs?
Yes. Next question.
House of Representatives Votes to End 40-Year Old U.S. Oil Export Ban
Lifting the ban would lower gas prices and boost domestic oil production - Obama wants to keep it.
Venezuelan Fuel Subsidies Mean Cheap Gas—for Colombians
They should probably enjoy that cheap gas while they can get it.
Obama's Overtime Gambit
For politicians, meddling in markets means never having to say you're sorry.
Let's Hear It for Price Gouging
Government has no business dictating prices in the first place.
Supreme Court Rules Raisin Farmers Can Fight Federal Controls
Depression era rules manage how much can be sold
Why Price Controls Won't Fix American Health Care
States have already tried strict rate setting systems-and given up on them.
Price Controls Favor California Cheese Makers, Hurt Everybody Else
Don't even try to make sense of the rules
New York Man Arrested for Buying Gasoline For Neighbors
The containers the man used to store and transport the gas--five gallon Home Depot buckets--are unsafe, says the law. Both the man and the gasoline station owner who sold him the gas face misdemeanor charges for that reason.
Price Controls on Mobile Phones Threatened in Australia
Profit margins are already dropping, but it's an easy political gesture
More Central Planning: The Failed Panacea for Health Care Reform
A rebuttal to The New Republic's latest prescription for health care reform
