Keith Devens .com

Short-term price spikes often have long-term consequences

Interesting, but that doesn't cover the same ground as Jason's essay did.

No, it doesn't. But, since you love econ so much, I figured I'd post it. (And to show that price gouging isn't always your friend, friend.)

That article wasn't about price gouging, it was about price spikes due to, I gather, ordinary fluctuations in supply and demand. But, for price gouging -- of course it's not always you're "friend" (I think about when the Starbucks in Manhattan were charging firefighters for water on 9/11... that was evil). But it was interesting to have someone point out that even price gouging can serve a good economic purpose.