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It is relatively easy, if it is not attractive, because of the price, less people will offer, there will be less offer, less quality, even to the extrem of no offer at all. I’ve seen it over and over again. I have never seen a good result of price control politics. I please ask the down-voters to show me examples where it succeeded. There must be some example somewhere

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The problem is the subjective definition of "succeeded", it's never going to succeed on all counts because the problem rent controls is dancing around is not enough supply, and so the solution it's offering is just to change who the winners and losers are in a way that is more acceptable to voters than the status quo. So by that measure they're a success in all the places where voters keep voting for them.

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