price controls
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President Richard Nixon’s wage and price controls are considered to be one of the worst economic schemes in modern history.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
The damage has been greater for development on small-molecule pills, which are subject to the price controls four years earlier than biologics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
South East Water was one of five companies to contest regulator Ofwat's latest price controls, which already allowed it to increase an average annual bill from £232 to £274 by 2030.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
During the Korean War, inflationary pressures were partly restrained through temporary wage and price controls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Lower tariffs and the removal of price controls, a free market exchange rate, and market-linked interest rates threw the economy into confusion, causing an 8% decline in GDP in 1989.
From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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