Description
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce held a hearing on price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic. This clip features Alex Harman, Competition Policy Advocate for Public Citizen.
5 minutes
Keywords
- Brick And Mortar
- Chief Financial Officer
- Congress
- Consumer
- Covid–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act (2021)
- Demand
- Economics
- House Of Representatives
- Nonprofit
- Pandemic
- Price Gouging
- Profit
- Shortage
- Statute
- Supply
- Unemployment
Additional Resources
- Primary Source Current Event Video Analysis Handout - Google Docs
- Video Clip: Roundtable Discussion on the U.S. Economy
- Bell Ringer: The Impact of Supply and Demand on Prices
- Bell Ringer: Friedrich Hayek and Prices in a Free Market Economy
- Bell Ringer: The Phillips Curve and Inflation
- Lesson Plan: Price Floors & Price Ceilings