Many US states actually have price gouging laws. In the US, during a natural disaster, many places deploy emergency personnel employed by the government (eg nat

Many US states actually have price gouging laws. In the US, during a natural disaster, many places deploy emergency personnel employed by the government (eg national guard) to pass out water and aid. I’d say the US ranks highly among developed nations as “politicians who are assholes due to bad incentives”. Thankfully not everyone behaves like an economics textbook.