AndrewHoward on Nostr: “We economists don't know much, but we do know how to create a shortage. If you ...

“We economists don't know much, but we do know how to create a shortage.

If you want to create a shortage of tomatoes, for example, just pass a law that retailers can't sell tomatoes for more than two cents per pound. Instantly you'll have a tomato shortage."

-Milton Friedman