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  2. What is 'price gouging' and why is VP Harris proposing ... - AOL

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    What is price gouging? There is no strict definition that economists would agree on, but it generally refers to spikes in prices that typically follow a disruption in supply, such as after a ...

  3. Price gouging - Wikipedia

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    A study from 2024 [51] showed that oftentimes when allegations of "price gouging" are made, the profit margins of sellers and vendors is substantially lower than critics believe, such as in the case of grocers recently accused of "price gouging" who actually had a 1.2% profit margin after expenses; with Kroger having their highest profits in ...

  4. Explainer-Harris' anti-price gouging plan could build on US ...

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    In 2020, when Harris was a U.S. senator, she co-sponsored legislation that would have defined price gouging in an emergency as charging more than 10 percent above the previous average price.

  5. What Is Price Gouging and Why Is It Illegal? - AOL

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    Unlike changes in the demand curve -- like an increase in a product's or substitute product's price, or changes in consumer tastes, preferences and expectations -- price gouging happens when ...

  6. Kansas’ Sharice Davids backs ban on price gouging ... - AOL

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    The price gouging bill Davids’ signed onto this summer won’t do much to address current prices. Instead, it’s designed to prevent companies from excessively raising prices in the future.

  7. Harris to call for federal ban on price gouging to lower ...

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    Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday is expected to call for a federal ban on price gouging to lower grocery prices and everyday costs for Americans in her first economic policy speech in ...

  8. Trump slams Harris' call to ban price-gouging, but 37 states ...

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    A potential federal ban on price gouging by groceries would have many state-level models to borrow from. Former President Donald Trump has blasted his rival’s call for a federal ban on food ...

  9. Nixon shock - Wikipedia

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    Nixon issued Executive Order 11615 (pursuant to the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970), imposing a 90-day freeze on wages and prices in order to counter inflation. This was the first time the U.S. government had enacted wage and price controls since the Korean War.