posts tagged as price controls

Centralized planning of the energy sector, now at the forefront of political debate with the “Green New Deal,” has a century-old tradition...

There are two energy futures for America. One is freedom and prosperity. The other is politics, conflict, and waste. As with other...

In August 1971, President Richard Nixon enacted comprehensive wage-and-price controls in a misguided effort to contain inflationary pressures. (Contrary to the faulty...

Born on this day 105 years ago, free-market economist Milton Friedman (1912–2006) was one of a kind. Even the dyspeptic Paul Krugman...

“Glut Hits Natural-Gas Prices,” read a front-page headline in a recent edition of The Wall Street Journal. The article began: “U.S. energy...

Unless you have been living under a rock lately, you are probably aware that the Republicans are poised to take over the...