Flaws and Ceilings

Price Controls and the Damage They Cause

Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History
Cover of the book Flaws and Ceilings by Christopher Coyne, Rachel Coyne, Philip Booth, Ryan Bourne, Stephen Davies, Robert Miller, Colin Robinson, Steven Schwartz, W. Stanley Siebert, Christopher Snowdon, Richard Wellings, London Publishing Partnership
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Author: Christopher Coyne, Rachel Coyne, Philip Booth, Ryan Bourne, Stephen Davies, Robert Miller, Colin Robinson, Steven Schwartz, W. Stanley Siebert, Christopher Snowdon, Richard Wellings ISBN: 9780255367035
Publisher: London Publishing Partnership Publication: March 27, 2015
Imprint: London Publishing Partnership Language: English
Author: Christopher Coyne, Rachel Coyne, Philip Booth, Ryan Bourne, Stephen Davies, Robert Miller, Colin Robinson, Steven Schwartz, W. Stanley Siebert, Christopher Snowdon, Richard Wellings
ISBN: 9780255367035
Publisher: London Publishing Partnership
Publication: March 27, 2015
Imprint: London Publishing Partnership
Language: English

Price controls across many sectors are currently being hotly debated. New controls in the housing market, more onerous minimum wages, minimum prices for alcohol, and freezes on energy prices are very high up the agenda of most politicians at the moment. Even without any further controls, wages, university fees, railway fares and many financial products already have their prices at least partly determined by politicians rather than by supply and demand in the market. Indeed, barely a sector of the UK economy is unaffected in one way or another by government controls on prices. This book demonstrates why economists do not like price controls and shows why they are widely regarded as being amongst the most damaging political interventions in markets. The authors analyse, in a very readable fashion, the damage they cause. Crucially, the authors also explain why, despite universal criticism from economists, price controls are so popular amongst politicians.

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Price controls across many sectors are currently being hotly debated. New controls in the housing market, more onerous minimum wages, minimum prices for alcohol, and freezes on energy prices are very high up the agenda of most politicians at the moment. Even without any further controls, wages, university fees, railway fares and many financial products already have their prices at least partly determined by politicians rather than by supply and demand in the market. Indeed, barely a sector of the UK economy is unaffected in one way or another by government controls on prices. This book demonstrates why economists do not like price controls and shows why they are widely regarded as being amongst the most damaging political interventions in markets. The authors analyse, in a very readable fashion, the damage they cause. Crucially, the authors also explain why, despite universal criticism from economists, price controls are so popular amongst politicians.

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