Progress and the Price System | Brian Albrecht | Ep. 82

<p>Our editor Marian Tupy speaks with economist Brian Albrecht about the role of prices in modern prosperity.</p><p>They discuss why price controls fail, whether scarcity can ever truly disappear, the difference between large companies and monopolies, price discrimination, and the underappreciated ways in which competitive markets enrich our lives.</p><p>Dr. Brian C. Albrecht is the <a href="https://laweconcenter.org/author/balbrecht/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">chief economist at the International Center for Law &amp; Economics</a> and author of the <a href="https://www.economicforces.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Economic Forces newsletter</a>.</p>