Back to the Future: Progressives Imagine the Good Old Days of Price Controls

07/04/2022 William L. Anderson

Inflation is raging and progressives want action. What kind of action? They want to return to the 1970s regime of price controls.

Original Article: “Back to the Future: Progressives Imagine the Good Old Days of Price Controls”

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