Know the advantages and disadvantages of price intervention correctly

The temporary price intervention measure enacted according to former part time, happening to alter member policy director and news spokesman Li Piao Min of research department show today, for this one problem should hold at three o'clock. First, this kind of temporary price intervention measure is under the condition of greater price rising range , for maintenance the interests of the masses, the temporary, supplementariness measure adopted according to" price law". 3th is under the condition that price rising condition gets alleviation , the temporary intervention measure of this kind of price may cancel. ( according to on January 28 Chinese net reportHttp: / /news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-01-28/103814844219.shtml)

In the Spring Festival, it is close to, snowstorm rage, soar together with price, especially live with people closely related grain oil, vegetable and meat egg equivalence shelf run high , really, the life given people has brought difficulty. Under this kind of condition, temporary price intervention measure can start the support of masses. But have also brought worrying and doubt: Do you start the position that price intervention measure can change enterprise autonomous operation and autonomous price , return the old way to planned economy again?

Now, happen to alter member policy director of research department , news spokesman Li Piao Min clarifies enforcement the reason of price intervention measure, and express " price rising passes rapid condition get alleviation after, the temporary intervention measure of this kind of price may cancel ", may be called handle the relation of market and plan correctly. May handle attitude about being so correct but have gotten the blame of some online friends. It is soft that somebody thinks that happens to alter member clothes , to some force compromise.

Actually, otherwise. Arise this kind of view , the author thinks that only price runs high to give really, people live to bring , is that at the moment some persons still have souvenir for planned economy mainly besides inconvenience, and have not seen clearly planned harm thoroughly. Some personages that support to implement price intervention measure think that western developed country meets price to run high , can also start price intervention measure, evidently, this is correct. In fact, if have the honor to read the survey report of western economist, may reach conclusion: Starting price intervene measure, can neither get expected effect, have harmed the interests of the masses on the contrary.

Why? Reason is very simple. Let beg to decide price , and price again influences supply and demand conversely. If government has stipulated some price upper limits of merchandise, has canceled market competition, it is protective to see superficially the interests of consumer, actually not definitely. First, this may cause goods and material to be in short supply. If certain merchandise is profitless, producer and sales person will no longer production or reduce output. Government may decide price, can not force producer must produce some merchandise. For example, in pork last year, spurt in prices has low error with the former price of live pig, peasant and breed household no enthusiasm raises pig relevant. Price runs high , have merchandise yet may buy , if being in short supply , may buy thoroughly without merchandise.

Secondly, will not cause goods and material to be in short supply , commodity price gets artificial intervention, merchandise manager must move on merchandise quality the brain: Reduce merchandise quality or quantity , with this, offset the income loss that price brings by limit. This is the instinct of businessman , and has no to break the law. Make if former part time Lanzhou price is confined this land the maximum price that pulls surface , direct aftermath is after beef surface price limit, the noodles in bowl are few, beef is more few. Manage together, once price limit, egg and milk etc. must be in short supply , once being in short supply , price limit will do not work , because rich person is willing that money are purchased , have right will employ power to purchase.

In fact, the most simple practice of steady price is to develop production to increase supply. And to develop production to increase supply , increase the initiative of producer , subsidize as grant , reduce tax to undertake , alleviate freight charges. Certainly, administrative means are also not to can not use , key will use , is for place , strike market monopoly force in, if in move , the monopoly tycoon petrochemical industry, instead of direct intervention price. So, say that price intervention measure had better not use. From this meaning, it is correctness to say that what hair alter member declare position.