I came here to post exactly this. The author should not simply state as an assumption that centralized price controls will fix the issue. There needs to be som

I came here to post exactly this. The author should not simply state as an assumption that centralized price controls will fix the issue. There needs to be some kind of support offered. Generally, price controls aren't needed to control prices. If they were -- and if that approach actually worked in general -- then it is unlikely that we would have seen Perestroika, or the horn of plenty that is the modern market economy.