Daniel Di Martino: Price Gouging and Shortages COVID-19 Video Series

In lieu of in-person events during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise released a series of videos describing various issues related to markets and government intervention during the pandemic. 

This video, the third in the series, features Daniel Di Martino discussing price gouging and shortages. Di Martino explains why toilet paper and other basic goods are hard to find in stores. 

You can read Di Martino's op-ed about this topic here: Washington Examiner, Price Controls Sabotaging American Coronavirus Response like they Destroyed My Home in Venezuela.

Daniel Di Martino is an ISFE Research Associate, Venezuelan economist, and freedom activist. Born and raised in Venezuela, Daniel experienced the terrible consequences of socialism first-hand. After leaving Venezuela for the United States in 2016, he dedicated himself to explaining how socialism destroyed his homeland, advocating for its freedom, and stopping this ideology from ever being implemented in America and elsewhere. Daniel graduated from Indiana University in Indianapolis in 2019 with a BA in Quantitative Economics.