Price Controls and Subsidies

Stephen Moore, Director Of Fiscal Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC, outlines the effects of various government subsidies and argues against corporate welfare grants.

Analyzes the results of rent control policies and the effects when such policies are removed and argues that rent control does more harm than good. Features both a synopsis and a full analysis.

An article claiming that subsidized housing causes harm, not good.

Large database of information on United States government subsidies to corporations, including general information, specific examples, statistics, sample reform legislation, and mailing lists.

Organization working to abolish all agricultural subsidies in the United States. Argues that agricultural subsidies in industrialized countries harm third-world farmers by denying them the opportunity to compete fairly.

Outlines the World Trade Organization's position on various types of subsidies and measures that can be taken to remove or counter their negative effects.

Organization working against government subsidies in the United States to industries such as mining and timber firms, waste hauling, and landfill owners, giving them an unfair advantage over sustainable and resource-conserving businesses.

Report in PDF and HTML formats on subsidies in the United States for polluting industries: who benefits from these subsidies, why they hurt Americans and the environment, and what should be done instead.

Scholarly article detailing a research project studying the response of physicians to price controls. Concludes that price controls are not effective in capping rising health care costs.

Argument by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 for Congress to pass legislation capping prices to prevent unchecked inflation.

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