Chavez price caps spark panic buying of coffee, toilet paper

Chavez price caps spark panic buying of coffee, toilet paper. Hope n’ change, Venezuela style: Step 1. Evil clown president prints money causing inflation. Step 2. Evil clown president enacts price controls to tame the inflation he caused. Step 3. Bitter clingers buy up goods prior to enactment of controls in anticipation of shortages and black market gouging, thus fueling inflation further. Step 4. Go to step 1.

This post was last modified on November 25, 2011

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