Price gouging

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Why Are Fast Food Prices So High?

Wendy’s Denies ‘Surge Pricing’ Allegations, But What’s So Bad about Experimentation?

Why It’s a Mistake to Blame Taylor Swift—or Businesses—for Rising Prices When ‘Swifties’ Come to Town

California’s New ‘Gas Price-Gouging Law’ Flunks the Basic Economics Test

Why The Cure’s Fight for ‘Fair’ Ticket Prices Is Likely to Backfire

3 Economic Fallacies to Watch Out for during Hurricane Season

Why Elizabeth Warren’s Proposed “Anti-Price Gouging” Law Would Be a National Disaster

Hurricane Ida: How Government Is Getting in the Way of Relief Efforts

Why Politicians, Not Hackers, Are to Blame for the Gasoline Shortage

Is Ontario’s Hand Sanitizer Shortage an Example of Market Failure?

3 Economic Policies That Made the COVID-19 Pandemic Worse Than It Had to Be

The Crackdown on ‘Price Gouging’ Helps No One, Except Politicians and the Media

Why Rationing Food Instead of Raising Prices Could Be Exposing More People to COVID-19

Toilet Paper Econ 101

Dairies Are Dumping Millions of Gallons of Milk While Stores Are Rationing It Due to the Coronavirus. What’s Going On?

The Government Declares War on Market Prices Just When We Need Them Most

If You Hate Empty Store Shelves, You Should Love “Price Gouging”

Why Are There Toilet Paper Shortages around the World?