Price Controls

Isabella Weber and the Historical Case for Price Controls

by Zachary Carter

Her calls for exploring the efficacy of targeted caps on prices was widely mocked in 2021. A year and a half later, are caps precipitated by the war in Ukraine proving her point? 

How to Fight Inflation Without Interest Rate Hikes and Recession

by Meg Jacobs and Isabella M. Weber

The history of World War II price controls shows that it is possible to fight inflation without imposing recession, if controls are targeted and backed by concerted effort to win political support. 

The Real Political Danger of Inflation

by Andrew Elrod

Democrats have not lost elections because of inflation, but because they have imagined austerity politics as the only solution to inflation.