Current：Home > reviewsIs price gouging a problem? -Legacy Profit Partners
Is price gouging a problem?
View
Date：2025-04-18 12:59:54
The inflationary environment brought on during the pandemic is sparking conversations about price gouging. It's a real fear that consumers have about the cost of staple goods, but many economists refuse to use the term. So what gives?
Today on the show, we learn why price gouging can feel so obvious for consumers but so difficult for economists to identify.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (7)
Related
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Leaked gameplans? Jets tear into former teammate Mecole Hardman after podcast appearance
- Oprah Winfrey says she's stepping down from WeightWatchers. Its shares are cratering.
- What went wrong in the 'botched' lethal injection execution of Thomas Eugene Creech?
- Realtor group picks top 10 housing hot spots for 2025: Did your city make the list?
- A look at the tough-on-crime bills Louisiana lawmakers passed during a special session
- Victor Manuel Rocha, ex-U.S. ambassador, admits to spying for Cuba for decades
- With salacious testimony finished, legal arguments to begin over Fani Willis’ future in Trump case
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- Alabama legislature approves bills to protect IVF after state Supreme Court ruling
Ranking
- Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
- Farms fuel global warming. Billions in tax dollars likely aren't helping - report
- Belarusian lawmakers to soon consider anti-LGBTQ+ bill
- Alaska governor threatens to veto education package that he says doesn’t go far enough
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Former 'Vanderpump Rules' stars Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright announce separation
- Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants who illegally enter US
- Missouri Republicans try to remove man with ties to KKK from party ballot
Recommendation
$73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
Under wraps: Two crispy chicken tender wraps now available at Sonic for a limited time
Maui County officials select final disposal site for debris from Lahaina wildfire
Nevada county election official in charge of controversial 2022 hand-count plan resigns
Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
The Masked Singer Introduces This British Musician as New Panelist in First Look at Season 11
Do you pay for your Netflix account through Apple? You may lose service soon
Private plane carrying Grammy winner Karol G makes emergency landing in Los Angeles