Hungary learns the hard way that price controls cannot curb inflation

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The nationalist leadership of Hungary may have found fans in the conservative Anglosphere, but Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s understanding of classical economics is dismal indeed. Just like President Richard Nixon learned the hard way a half a century ago, the government cannot use price controls to tame away inflation.

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