176k views
2 votes
When policymakers set prices by legal decree, they obscure the signals that normally guide the allocation of society's resources?

User Logan
by
4.7k points

1 Answer

3 votes

True- prices are supposed to be controlled by the changing equilibrium of supply and demand and when the government sets a price it may increase or decrease demand or supply in a way that would not naturally take place.

User Akoeltringer
by
5.2k points