“how is that better than taking an EGS deal with a healthy, guaranteed return?”

what short memories. “best viewed on IE” is a historical non-starter for any MS browser. It never would’ve happened if everyone wouldn’t just fall all over themselves for the new shiny whenever it pops up.

price gouging rules exist to protect the greedy from themselves. economic models of supply-demand theory generally ignore the potential for micro-revolt, and if you decide the free market is the best way to proceed in a crisis and the desperate people with guns who want to drink water disagree, you get a lot of…