Professor Steve Hanke, an economist, has mocked Energy Mutodi, Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting Services over his price control utterances. Mutodi had indicated in his Independence message via his twitter account that price controls were the panacea to Zimbabwean issues.
Below is a chat the duo had on twitter:
https://twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/1118893938063171584
Commodity prices have been on the rise over the past 24 months. Some attribute the rise to the scarcity of foreign currency a scenario which is credited for fuel shortages and scarcity of several other basic commodities.
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