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no such thing - this is a political term

price gouging is clearly a political term invented to demonize the basic functions of a free market. when supply falls, price has to increase to prevent shortages. econ 101. those who do not believe in econ 101 invent various terms to undermine basic functions of a free economy because "muh feels". notice that the definition says price gouging is when a price goes higher to what is "reasonable" or "fair". what on earth is that? who decides what is reasonable and fair? Corn9090 (talk) 01:40, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Price gouging is crime/civil wrong in many jurisdictions. As such, it is a legal concept and is rightly included in Wikipedia. It may be political in the sense that various governments may have policies related to this. But ultimately, the concept is the subject of multiple pieces of legislation and is therefore a legitimate concept regardless of how any given person may feel about particular policies or laws related to it. Tojasonharris (talk) 05:23, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Worldwide view flag

Hi all! I made additions to the article to include related regulation in the UK and EU in order to demonstrate the range in anti-competition efforts. I would appreciate feedback on whether more edits should be made or if it is appropriate to remove the "worldwide view" flag. Thank you! Jessg724 (talk) 15:05, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

I actually added a new section before I noticed yours. My original comment was: "This article is too focused on one country and needs to be expanded to include a broader focus and de-localised. Tojasonharris (talk) 05:19, 14 June 2022 (UTC)." I think the page is still very much in need of this flag. Tojasonharris (talk) 05:27, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Given the term is mostly used in the US, I do not think the flag is warranted anymore. I moved it to the Covid-19 section that only has US examples Superb Owl (talk) 21:42, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Greedflation article

Since the idea of Greedflation is clearly closely related to price gouging but given that there is not consensus on exactly how it relates, I have started a separate article for it to understand this new term better (help welcome) Superb Owl (talk) 20:55, 21 August 2024 (UTC)