Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Three Body Problem Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:29:59 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: <3g2ccjlhiophigpeuv6m83j7f68vu0md02@4ax.com Injection-Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:29:59 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="12672"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1450 Lines: 15 In article , Scott Dorsey wrote: >Lynn McGuire wrote: >> >>Please tell me of any country that put price controls on food that >>survived that act as a democracy or a republic. > >The US and the UK? Both did it during wartime as a temporary move and >then eliminated the controls when the crisis was over. Do price supports count as price control? -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll