September 3, 2008

Manufacturer Price Fixing and Its Discontents: Online Stores Get Creative

September 3rd 2008

A recent Supreme Court ruling has emboldened manufacturers of goods ranging from baby food to clothing to set minimum pricing requirements of their distributors. The case has inspired protest from most states’ attorneys general, as well as economists who identify such agreements as a cause of inflation. The Wall Street Journal‘s political blog reports: Attorneys […]