Current：Home > InvestIs price gouging a problem? -Prime Capital Blueprint
Is price gouging a problem?
View
Date：2025-04-15 16:23:08
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！ (82)
Related
- The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
- Judge's ruling undercuts U.S. health law's preventive care
- Check Out the Most Surprising Celeb Transformations of the Week
- Duracell With a Twist: Researchers Find Fix for Grid-Scale Battery Storage
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Trump Weakens Endangered Species Protections, Making It Harder to Consider Effects of Climate Change
- What's the origin of the long-ago Swahili civilization? Genes offer a revealing answer
- Kim Kardashian Admits She Cries Herself to Sleep Amid Challenging Parenting Journey
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- New Trump Nuclear Plan Favors Uranium Mining Bordering the Grand Canyon
Ranking
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- 80-hour weeks and roaches near your cot? More medical residents unionize
- Daniel Day-Lewis Looks Unrecognizable in First Public Sighting in 4 Years
- 25 Fossil Fuel Producers Responsible for Half Global Emissions in Past 3 Decades
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- Q&A: Black scientist Antentor Hinton Jr. talks role of Juneteenth in STEM, need for diversity in field
- Flash Deal: Save 69% On the Total Gym All-in-One Fitness System
- Video: Covid-19 Drives Earth Day Anniversary Online, Inspiring Creative New Tactics For Climate Activists
Recommendation
Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
Grief and tangled politics were at the heart of Kentucky's fight over new trans law
Pipeline Payday: How Builders Win Big, Whether More Gas Is Needed or Not
‘A Death Spiral for Research’: Arctic Scientists Worried as Alaska Universities Face 40% Funding Cut
Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
How to Get Rid of a Pimple Fast: 10 Holy Grail Solutions That Work in Hours
Kansas doctor dies while saving his daughter from drowning on rafting trip in Colorado
Tony Bennett had 'a song in his heart,' his friend and author Mitch Albom says