Editing Price fixing (section)

==Criticism on legislation==
[[Economic liberals]] believe that price fixing is a voluntary and consensual activity between parties that should be free from government compulsion and government interference. At times price fixing ensures a stable market for both consumers and producers. Any short-term benefit of increased price competition will force some producers out of the market and cause product shortages and prices for consumers to rise. In the end price-fixing legislation forces producers out of a market because it can not compete with the biggest discounter and the market winds up a monopoly anyway.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/1988/5/reg12n2-debow.html|title=What's Wrong with Price Fixing: Responding to the New Critics of Antitrust|last=DeBow|first=Michael E.|magazine=[[Regulation (magazine)|Regulation]]|publisher=[[American Enterprise Institute]]|volume=12|number=2 (Summer 1988)|date=1988|access-date=January 20, 2023|via=[[Cato Institute]]}}</ref>