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01 price gouging and artificial shortages of essential food and goods by shopkeepers during the emergency

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What the citizen said

«Պետք է պատժել խանութպաններին, որ խելքից դուրս թանկացրել են մարդու գոյատևելու առաջին անհրաժեշտ սնունդն ու այլ պարագաները, ստեղծելով երբեմն արհեստական դեֆիցիտ։»

What Lsum understood

price gouging and artificial shortages of essential food and goods by shopkeepers during the emergency

Topic

Economy, business, and consumer affairsCompetition and consumer protection

Affected group

  • Consumers — consumers facing inflated prices for essential goods

Citizen wants

Punish shopkeepers who artificially inflate prices and create artificial deficits of essential goods

Citizen proposed solution

State intervention to penalize price gouging and market manipulation

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