Price caps and political pygmies
On the face of it, the news that Rachel Reeves was planning to “ask” supermarkets to introduce a “voluntary” price cap on certain food products is just another example of an economically illiterate government flailing around for a popular idea. It seems that the plan has been been shelved for the time being after it provoked howls of derision, but look at the details and you can see how Britain’s capitalist command economy works. It has everything: price controls, punishment beatings, unrealistic visions of the anointed and demands on industry to achieve the impossible.
- ▪On the face of it, the news that Rachel Reeves was planning to “ask” supermarkets to introduce a “voluntary” price cap on certain food products is just another example of an economically illiterate government flailing around for a popular i
- ▪It seems that the plan has been been shelved for the time being after it provoked howls of derision, but look at the details and you can see how Britain’s capitalist command economy works.
- ▪It has everything: price controls, punishment beatings, unrealistic visions of the anointed and demands on industry to achieve the impossible.
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| Publication time | Fri, 22 May 2026 04:37:32 +0000 |
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On the face of it, the news that Rachel Reeves was planning to “ask” supermarkets to introduce a “voluntary” price cap on certain food products is just another example of an economically illiterate government flailing around for a popular idea. It seems that the plan has been been shelved for the time being after it provoked howls of derision, but look at the details and you can see how Britain’s capitalist command economy works. It has everything: price controls, punishment beatings, unrealistic visions of the anointed and demands on industry to achieve the impossible. The proposed price caps were not so voluntary. According to the Telegraph, the supermarkets would have been “excused from some government policies” if they played ball.
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