The weekly gouge. EPA June 2, 2023 Price caps on groceries are not the answer to the UK’s inflation problem Christoph Siemroth, University of Essex Rishi Sunak is proposing to introduce voluntary caps for staples like milk and bread.
Shutterstock December 8, 2022 Surging energy prices are really going to hurt. What can the government actually do? Tony Wood, Grattan Institute Energy bills are about to hurt. But what can the government actually do to ease the pain?
Getty Images November 10, 2022 Why giving the Commerce Commission the power to set ‘fair’ fuel prices is unfair on NZ’s climate targets Timothy Welch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau How does keeping the price of petrol and diesel down align with New Zealand’s goal of being carbon zero by 2050? And do price caps even work anyway?