> Do you know what happens when real countries try to impose a limit on the price of bread? Starvation. The Soviet Union tried to establish a limit on the price

> Do you know what happens when real countries try to impose a limit on the price of bread? Starvation. The Soviet Union tried to establish a limit on the price of bread. Too simplistic. France had significant limits on bread prices until 1987, and starvation did not ensue. http://www.lesnouvellesdelaboulangerie.fr/propos-des-regles-detiquetage-concernant-les-prix-des-pains http://www.lesnouvellesdelaboulangerie.fr/propos-des-regles-... (in French) was the best summary I could find, and it's not very detailed. But it does mention that from 1978 "prices could be freely selected by each producer" (so were not before), but with (from 1979 until 1987) various limitations such as maximum prices, agreed increases, no-price-change-allowed, etc.