Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. Shortages are most damaging when they involve basic ...

Inflation and, more specifically, grocery prices have become a hot election issue. If elected, Vice President Harris has promised controls in order to end “price gouging” by grocery stores. Basic ...

The success of political slogans often brings forth intellectual defenders, even when the slogans themselves lack merit. Calls to “freeze the rent” and cap electricity prices before this month’s ...

Price controls are literally a textbook example of a policy that creates market inefficiency, but an economist sees some merit in them as voters delivered victories to Democrats who promised to hold ...

Mr. Mahoney is an economist and Mr. Ramamurti is a former deputy director of the National Economic Council. Democrats dominated the Nov. 4 elections, but the other big winner was price controls. In ...

Concept for Consumerism, Food and Drink, Trading, Convenience and Shopping issues. Last week, before she accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, Vice President Kamala Harris threw ...

States Should Put Workers First with Private Sector Labor Reforms Collateral Damage for the Coal Industry? Sue-Pervised Retirement In the twelve-step program to cut our government’s addiction to price ...

Your editorial “The Political Race for Fewer Cures” (Aug. 6) identifies an ironclad rule of economics: Price controls create shortages. In this instance, restrictions on prescription drugs will lead ...