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I was in charge of price controls in world war ii and had a ceiling on overall prices. everybody who was subject to general maximum price regulation wanted an exception and went to congress to persuade a congressman, or a group of people on the hill, that i was being a menace to their industry.
-John Kenneth Galbraith
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I Was In Charge Of Price Controls

John Kenneth Galbraith
I was in charge of price controls in world war ii and had a ceiling on overall prices. everybody who was subject to general maximum price regulation wanted an exception and went to congress to persuade a congressman, or a group of people on the hill, that i was being a menace to their industry.
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