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第18章 房租管制的后果 （接前面部分） This has been the almost universal result in every country that was involved in World War II or imposed rent control in an effort to offset monetary inflation. 对于那些参与过二次世界大战国家，以及那些为了平抑通货膨胀而实施房租管制的国家，上述论点几乎都被当作一般性的结论。 So the government launches on a gigantic housing … 继续阅读 →

第18章 房租管制的后果 （接前面部分） Because of low fixed rents in old buildings, the tenants already in them, and legally protected against rent increases, are encouraged to use space wastefully, whether or not their families have grown smaller. This concentrates the immediate … 继续阅读 →

18. What Rent Control Does 第18章 房租管制的后果 Government control of the rents of houses and apartments is a special form of price control. Most of its consequences are substantially the same as those of price control in general, but a … 继续阅读 →

第17章 政府价格管制 （接前面部分） 5 What lies at the base of the whole effort to fix maximum prices? There is first of all a misunderstanding of what it is that has been causing prices to rise. The real cause is either … 继续阅读 →

第17章 政府价格管制 （接前面部分） 4 These are the consequences of what might be described as perfect,” long-continued, and “nonpolitical” price control. As was so amply demonstrated in one country after another, particularly in Europe during and after World War II, some … 继续阅读 →

第17章 政府价格管制 （接前面部分） 3 Price-fixing may often appear for a short period to be successful. lt can seem to work well for a while, particularly in wartime, when it is supported by patriotism and a sense of crisis. But the … 继续阅读 →

第17章 政府价格管制 （接前面部分） 2 In discussing this subject, there is no point in assuming a price control that would fix prices exactly where a free market would place them in any case. That would be the same as having no … 继续阅读 →

Government Price-Fixing 第17章 政府价格管制   We have seen what some of the effects are of governmental efforts to fix the prices of commodities above the levels to which free markets would otherwise have carried them. Let us now look at … 继续阅读 →

第16章 “稳定”物价   （接前面部分）   2   The restrictionists usually reply that this drop in output is what happens anyway under a market economy. But there is a fundamental difference, as we have seen in the preceding chapter. In a … 继续阅读 →