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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by meerita on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @04:26AM (#20282941)
You can read Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls by Robert Schuettinger and Eamon Butler, first published in 1979. The case against price controls is not merely an academic exercise, restricted to economics textbooks. There is a four-thousand-year historical record of economic catastrophe after catastrophe caused by price controls.
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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by rtpg on Thursday June 27, 2019 @12:57AM (#20291867)
In the case of price controls for medical services and products, there are a bazillion cases of it working. Your theory goes up against the universe's facts on this specific case.

I'm not arguing for price controls on everything in general. I'm pointing out that _in this context_ price controls are a proven strategy and work and mean that people don't _die due to not affording their insulin_.

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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by meerita on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:39AM (#20292695)
The best healthcare system in the world is private and it's made on Singapur. Every single citizen can afford it, since it starts from 16$/mo. I want to hear one case of those 'bazillion' of price-controlled system.
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