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US-Israel/Iran | Post CF Announcement | April 8th-19th | Analysis

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RiffRaff said:
...until those prices start hurting their finances. Interesting how Americans don't give a shit about policies or wars until those policies or wars start impacting them directly.
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The problem is, if you implement price controls, you will also have to implement rationing. Higher prices naturally reduce demand, which is important to keep the equilibrium between supply and demand. If prices are artificially low, you start getting shortages. That would cause people to start hoarding resources, which in turn causes worse shortages. The only option at that point is to artificially lower demand with rationing.

People need to ask- would they rather have petroleum products available when they need it, albeit at a higher price that encourages them to be more strategic about their use, or would they rather have the same products at an artificially lower price but unavailable when they might need it?
 
willrod1989 said:
The problem is, if you implement price controls, you will also have to implement rationing. Higher prices naturally reduce demand, which is important to keep the equilibrium between supply and demand. If prices are artificially low, you start getting shortages. That would cause people to start hoarding resources, which in turn causes worse shortages. The only option at that point is to artificially lower demand with rationing.

People need to ask- would they rather have petroleum products available when they need it, albeit at a higher price that encourages them to be more strategic about their use, or would they rather have the same products at an artificially lower price but unavailable when they might need it?
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There are softer levers to pull than straight up price controls to keep domestic prices under control. Export controls are one of them, but it's also one that could cause bigger problems.
 
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willrod1989 said:
The problem is, if you implement price controls, you will also have to implement rationing. Higher prices naturally reduce demand, which is important to keep the equilibrium between supply and demand. If prices are artificially low, you start getting shortages. That would cause people to start hoarding resources, which in turn causes worse shortages. The only option at that point is to artificially lower demand with rationing.

People need to ask- would they rather have petroleum products available when they need it, albeit at a higher price that encourages them to be more strategic about their use, or would they rather have the same products at an artificially lower price but unavailable when they might need it?
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I think you would have a tremendous amount of smuggling to Mexico and maybd Canada. Now you need more policing with increasing noncompliance.

@willrod1989 this is tremendously useful post for me and hopefully others thank you for the examples. Now I’m gonna go back to my book, the life and Times of John Maynard.
 
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Ben Dhyani said:

Iran says nuclear enrichment rights non negotiable under international law | DD News On Air

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Iran says nuclear enrichment rights non negotiable under international law​

April 16, 2026 12:12 PM Iran will not compromise on its nuclear enrichment rights, the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, has said, adding that its entitlement to nuclear energy is firmly grounded in international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Addressing a press conference in Tehran, Baqaei dismissed what he described as baseless speculation in Western media regarding Iran’s enrichment programme, stressing that the country’s legitimate rights, as recognised under international law, are non-negotiable.
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Iran wants that bomb.
 
Cilvilt_beredskap said:
So much for 'never closing the strait again'. Interesting how Iran is regaining the narrative and throwing the ball to the US.
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It’s an unnamed Iranian source, I don’t believe either side and it’s way too soon to tell what’s happening but I have a hard time believing they would announce the strait is reopening knowing the U.S. is blockading it, and then change their mind because of said blockade that fast.
 
Snowfall said:
It’s an unnamed Iranian source, I don’t believe either side and it’s way too soon to tell what’s happening but I have a hard time believing they would announce the strait is reopening knowing the U.S. is blockading it, and then change their mind because of said blockade that fast.
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I heard it on the news this morning. Opening the Strait was apparently in response to the ceasefire in Lebanon.

I, too, have a hard time believing it when Iran is being blockaded.

Perhaps it is a gesture to see what the US will do in response.

I think Iran is hurting more than we know. Explains why Iran has not reacted to the blockade.
 
I wonder how many of these opinions expressed here are motivated or cultured by what their being told to think about events.
 
DEFCON Warning System said:
Iran wants that bomb.
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If the Iranians deal a deal to give nuke material to Russia, there is no believable way the Russian wont simply return it back. trust Russia? NOPE!
Trust WH statements, doubtfull,
There is too much that the public is not getting clarity on.

Bottom line believe it, if you can prove it from verifiable sources.

Thus the element of terroism will propell the world for the next 10 years
 
DEFCON Warning System said:
I heard it on the news this morning. Opening the Strait was apparently in response to the ceasefire in Lebanon.

I, too, have a hard time believing it when Iran is being blockaded.

Perhaps it is a gesture to see what the US will do in response.

I think Iran is hurting more than we know. Explains why Iran has not reacted to the blockade.
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The stock market jumped 1,000 points after the announcement. On a Friday. I wonder what will happen to affect the markets on Monday or Tuesday? :unsure:
 
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