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throwawaysleeptoday at 8:03 AM1 replyview on HN

A lot of it is that people get far more angry at price gouging than a shortage.


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vascotoday at 8:05 AM

Yes, because they don't understand economics. It's a classic "sounds bad but is actually the fastest way to solve the problem" situation. So we kill people by delaying more resources in order to keep the optics nice.