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Price controls can be justified as a response to profit-led inflation, challenging the notion that only wage controls are sufficient to manage inflationary dynamics. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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This research examines the historical and theoretical justifications for using price controls to combat inflation, focusing on the role of profits.

February 19, 2026Cambridge Journal of Economics

Price controls against ‘profit-led inflation’: Lessons from the incomes policy debate

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BCBasile ClercUniversité Paris Nanterre

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This analysis explores how income policies relate to inflation in economics, indicating differing views on price controls.

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This research examines the historical and theoretical justifications for using price controls to combat inflation, focusing on the role of profits.
Reviewed extensive literature on incomes policy and economic thought.
Analyzed arguments for and against price controls in economic contexts.
Identified key distinctions between price control advocates and wage control proponents.
Demonstrated that price control advocates view profits as a primary driver of inflation.
Showed that those favoring wage controls see profits as secondary to wage influences on prices.
Highlighted a significant divide within economic thought regarding the efficacy of price controls.

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Basile Clerc (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6996a7ffecb39a600b3ee40f https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beag004

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