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The price of 50 categories of staple goods are protected to prevent costs spiralling.
The ban marks a departure from Australia’s traditional approach of preserving competitive processes rather than regulating prices directly.
Money accumulated as stabilisation fund should be released to oil marketers promptly to avoid artificial shortages.
Most Indian farmers are women. But few own their land, and gender inequality limits their access to markets. These issues won’t be fixed by recent agricultural reforms; in fact, they may get worse.
Prices are the signals the private sector relies on to direct resources. Snuffing out these signals may prove too costly for consumers in the end.
Shortages of face masks may grow worse as state-wide lockdowns end. An economist suggests price controls.
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Co-Director: Centre for Competition Law and Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor in Law, UTS Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer - finance and accounting, Kenyatta University
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Research Professor of Economics, University of California, Irvine
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Assistant Professor, Temple University
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Professor of International Relations and International Development, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex
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Lecturer, Publishing, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Tutor in Publishing & Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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