Why would you even try it?

When has price controls ever worked for any economy? Once inflation starts running away, nothing stops it. Price freezes never work as they are supposed to, they just create mad rushes and shortages.

So to summarize: first capital controls, then a currency crisis, then expectations of sovereign default, then a rise in military tensions, and finally – price controls, after which all out chaos usually follows.

 

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