This post infuriated me enough to create an account to complain. It’s economically illiterate and gets everything exactly backwards, and spreads a false economic meme that can get people killed.
This post infuriated me enough to create an account to complain. It’s economically illiterate and gets everything exactly backwards, and spreads a false economic meme that can get people killed.
Fewer people die of thirst under price gouging because 1) fewer people hoard, 2) the people who don’t need it don’t buy it, and 3) it brings in more water suppliers from other areas. This is basic econ.