Permission??
29 March 2007
News Editor, WTOP Radio
Dear Editor:
The listener who asserts that rising tensions with Iran "are no reason" to "permit" oil companies to raise gasoline prices is misguided (March 29). First, in a free society businesses need no official permission to raise prices. Second, tensions with Iran in fact make future oil supplies less certain - meaning, oil becomes more precious. That's the unfortunate reality. Higher gasoline prices not only reflect this reality, they also prompt drivers to conserve gasoline more assiduously.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
News Editor, WTOP Radio
Dear Editor:
The listener who asserts that rising tensions with Iran "are no reason" to "permit" oil companies to raise gasoline prices is misguided (March 29). First, in a free society businesses need no official permission to raise prices. Second, tensions with Iran in fact make future oil supplies less certain - meaning, oil becomes more precious. That's the unfortunate reality. Higher gasoline prices not only reflect this reality, they also prompt drivers to conserve gasoline more assiduously.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Tuesday November 13, 2007 at 6:05pm