In Friedman’s pencil example:
The quadrupling of the price of oil in 1973 is an example of market forces setting prices.
Freely fluctauting prices cause a good to be produced in the cheapest and most efficient manner.
Freely fluctuating prices can coordinate productive activity better than commands from a central authority
Government price controls that prevented oil prices from rising in the U.S. due to the actions of OPEC, reduced U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Freely fluctuating prices can coordinate productive activity better than commands from a central authority.
Freely fluctauting prices cause a good to be produced in the cheapest and most efficient manner.
Freely fluctuating prices determing who gets to consume a good and who does not.
The quadrupling of the price of oil in 1973 is an example of market forces setting prices.
Government price controls that prevented oil prices from rising in the U.S. due to the actions of OPEC, reduced U.S. dependence on foreign oil.