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Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls

By Ben Morales-Correa

From Amazon: Economy theory suggests that price ceilings produce shortages and price floors produce surpluses. Good theories should have testable results. This book describes examples in history where the government initiated price controls. It then shows the ill effects such controls caused. The most insightful criticism comes from perceptive contemporary sources who cite the... »



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