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    Cuba-styled price controls will hurt Floridians | Column

    By William Luther,

    2 days ago
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    Workers pick and box organic strawberries in a field at Wish Farms in Duette, northern Manatee County. Price controls would impact Florida farmers. [ Times (2013) ]

    Few policies elicit more contempt among economists than price controls. They don’t work. We know they don’t work. And we are not surprised they don’t work. Indeed, whenever price controls are tried, you can be sure that their champion has misdiagnosed the problem they intend to solve.

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    William J. Luther is an associate professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University. [ Courtesy of William J.
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