But it was the high price of the stuff that made the people who require "incentives" grab it. It's circular, like a stock market bubble. First people panic and

But it was the high price of the stuff that made the people who require "incentives" grab it. It's circular, like a stock market bubble. First people panic and buy, then other people buy because the price is going up, it's absurd to say that price represents some fundamental truth. When I went to the grocery store a week ago, there were a lot of things, just not toilet paper. If the laws against price gouging are causing a problem, why is it so selective? Microsoft seems to be doing the same, sensible, thing that grocery stores are doing in some cases - try to ration stuff per customer. People are talking about how this dynamic is playing out on a bigger scale, as states compete for resources in the absence of the federal government coordinating.