When disaster strikes, like a fire, flood, hurricane, or an epidemic, and utilities and supply chains get disrupted, you might see much higher prices for goods that yesterday were cheap. This is called price gouging. For instance, in 2017 after hurricane Harvey struck Texas, in some locations gas prices shot …
From a brain so smooth it could be used to define the kilogram
So glad my country banned price gouging during covid and at least tried to enforce it with fines, this article is pure :galaxy-brain: