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Constant shortages of a good problem

Constant shortages of a good are nearly always attributable to: (1) legal ceiling prices which are set beneath equilibrium. (2) Recessions which yield maximum unemployment rates. (3) Price gouging by firms through monopoly power. (4) Legal price floors above the equilibrium.

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