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Zwolinski: “Is Price Gouging Immoral? Should It Be Illegal?”

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Michael Giberson Five minutes of Matt Zwolinski on price gouging (from Learn Liberty). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9QEkw6_O6w] If you think price gouging should be against the law, watch this video. Are you persuaded by Zwolinski? Let me know in the comments. MORE: Zwolinski has written serious philosophical works on price gouging,which makes the clarity of his position in …

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One Year After Superstorm Sandy: Charities, Price Gougers and the State

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Popular Mechanics magazine headlined an article with the question, “One year after Superstorm Sandy, has anything changed?” Well, sure: over the last year the state governments in New York and New Jersey have put a lot of time and money into punishing a few businesses that provided shelter and gasoline to people whose lives were …

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The One-sided Debate over Price Gouging

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Michael Giberson John Carney proposes declaration of free-trade zones for gasoline in shortage-afflicted areas. Prices could stay regulated elsewhere, but consumers and merchants would gain the option to trade at higher prices within the zones. Great idea, but there is zero chance that very visible politicians will want to be upstaged by an invisible hand, …

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Price Gouging: Can Economics Justify a Price Cap?

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Michael Giberson Jeff Ely, Cheap Talk, blogged “Price Gouging“ Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution, responded with “Price gouging and the elasticity of supply“ David Henderson, EconLog, “Jeff Ely on Price Controls During Disasters“ Matt Zwolinski, Bleeding Heart Libertarians, “Price Gouging Roundup“ Sandeep Baliga, Cheap Talk, adds, “Why is there no price gouging in NYC?“ Baliga linked to …

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Who Exploits You More: Capitalists or Cronies?

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Lynne Kiesling [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJeuoMh46JY&feature=player_embedded] Matt Zwolinski’s new Learn Liberty video addresses that question, and he does a masterful job of it. He starts with the “compared to what?” question — what’s the likely alternative to voluntary exchange in free markets? It’s regulated and politicized exchange, which is frequently not voluntary. Ask yourself: which of these is …

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Manners, Morality, Coordination, and Order

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Lynne Kiesling Sarah’s post here on manners (including her Freeman essay and Matt Zwolinski’s BHL post) and Mike’s observations on them open up a great discussion about the importance of seemingly superficial informal norms for enabling us to live together and generate civil society. Mike’s absolutely right that the road to anarchy is paved with …

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The Road to Anarchy is Paved with Good Manners

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Michael Giberson Sarah’s essay on reading and sympathy, explicated a bit in her post here at KP on manners, and Matt Zwolinski’s near contemporaneous remarks on the same topic, recalled to me one of my favorite ideas: the road to anarchy is paved with good manners. I mean “anarchy” in a good way, of course: “anarchy” …

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Civil Liberties and Economics: More Than Just Free Markets

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Lynne Kiesling I wasn’t around KP a lot last week because I was spending a lot of time following the Patriot Act extension debacle and contacting my Congressional representatives to urge them to vote against it (of my so-called representatives, only Senator Durbin did so; I think this is the first time he and I …

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