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Taking Price Gouging Laws Seriously

By: Joshua D. Wright

November 10, 2008

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Joshua D. Wright, Taking Price Gouging Laws Seriously, Truth on the Market (November 10, 2008), https://truthonthemarket.com/2008/11/10/taking-price-gouging-laws-seriously/

Over at Organization and Markets, Peter Klein notes that consumers have been exploiting producers by taking advantage of market conditions, reducing their demand for gasoline, and earning windfall profits.

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Joshua D. Wright

Joshua D. Wright is founding partner of Lodestar Law & Economics and a former member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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