• iopq@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It didn’t, not in the US, not in Soviet Union

    In the Soviet Union it caused rationing instead. Here’s your coupon for 1 stick of butter

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      5 months ago

      Sure buddy those are the only two countries that have existed in the world. So can’t work anywhere.

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        5 months ago

        It doesn’t work because it’s a stupid idea.

        If there’s a cap on the price of a type of good, then obviously only the lowest quality things get made. If you cap shoes to $10, they will only sell shoes imported from sweatshops.

        If you specify exactly how something is made, like $20 for made in USA shoes, they will import it from a sweatshop and sew a logo on it in the US.

        If you specify how much labor must be done in the US, there’s a chance nobody would bother since selling the $10 sweatshop shoe has better profit margins

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          5 months ago

          Yeah thats not how the prices are set tho so your entire premise and basis is stupid. Have a good day. Do some reading.