Easy or not, taking the terms of your italics arguendo as having no vagueness, all that "price gouging" changes is who receives the goods: the people able and

Easy or not, taking the terms of your italics arguendo as having no vagueness, all that "price gouging" changes is who receives the goods: the people able and willing to pay more vs. the people who got in line first, bringing market transparency to where before there was just the lucky few before the shortage, and everyone else after.