What, if anything, is wrong with price gouging? Its defenders argue that it increases supply of scarce necessities; critics argue that it is exploitative, inequitable and vicious. In this paper, I argue for its moral wrongness and legal prohibition, without relying on charges of exploitation, inequity or poor character. What is fundamentally wrong with price gouging is that it violates a duty of easy rescue. While legal enforcement of such duties is controversial, a special case can be made for their legal enforcement in this context. This account distinguishes, morally, price gouging by corporations from that of individual entrepreneurs.

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价格欺诈和容易营救的责任

价格欺诈有什么问题（如果有的话）？它的捍卫者认为，这增加了稀缺必需品的供应。评论家认为这是剥削性的，不公平的和恶性的。在本文中，我主张其道德上的错误和法律上的禁止，而不必依赖于剥削，不平等或品格低劣的指控。价格欺诈的根本错误在于，它违反了轻松营救的义务。尽管对此类职责的法律执行存在争议，但在这种情况下可以对其法律执行进行特殊处理。从道德上讲，这个说法将公司的价格欺诈与个体企业家的价格欺诈区分开。